HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080865350
Bassin de Burhi 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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Narayani, Pashchim Champaran, Purba Champaran
Sub-basin area
1 958,7km²
Upstream area
1 958,7km²
Discharge
54,1m³/s
Mean elev.
160m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1801.4 km²92.1% of basin
- 153.0 km²7.8% of basin
- 1.0 km²0.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Chitwan National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
95.06 km² overlap
Chitwan
IUCN IINational Park
92.83 km² overlap
Chitwan - Buffer Zone
IUCN VINational Park - Buffer Zone
60.60 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
398 distinct species · 2 387 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Burhi Gandak : 26 espèces dont 5 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 47 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,3°C
Annual rain
1 522mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,04
Runoff
906mm/an
PET
1 580mm
AET
914mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
103cm
Forest
28%
Crops
46%
Urban
6%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)