HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080863100
Bassin de Gandak
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 : Kushinagar, Lumbini, Maharajganj, Narayani, Pashchim Champaran
Sub-basin area
1 055,6km²
Upstream area
37 246,3km²
Discharge
1 811,56m³/s
Mean elev.
135m
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°
24,6°C
Annual rain
1 643mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,03
Runoff
895mm/an
PET
1 579mm
AET
931mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
97cm
Forest
27%
Crops
56%
Urban
13%
Protected
53%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)