HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080858840
Bassin de Rathong Chu
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Darjiling, Mechi, North Sikkim, South Sikkim, West Sikkim
Sub-basin area
2 209km²
Upstream area
2 209,1km²
Discharge
87,16m³/s
Mean elev.
2 465m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
11,5°C
Annual rain
1 846mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,34
Runoff
1 246mm/an
PET
971mm
AET
781mm
Mean slope
26,0°
Water table
823cm
Forest
60%
Crops
31%
Urban
3%
Protected
32%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)