HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080875600
Bassin de Koshi
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 : Koshi, Sagarmatha, Supaul
Sub-basin area
47,8km²
Upstream area
55 749km²
Discharge
1 696,6m³/s
Mean elev.
81m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Triyuga Nadi1120 km²
- Bassin de Koshi236 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 27.2 km²57.0% of basin
- 10.5 km²22.0% of basin
- 10.0 km²21.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Koshi Tappu - Buffer Zone
IUCN VIWildlife Reserve - Buffer Zone
25.11 km² overlap
Koshi Tappu
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve
1.62 km² overlap
Koshi Tappu
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.57 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
418 distinct species · 4 590 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 Koshi : 23 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 49 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
1 678mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,08
Runoff
777mm/an
PET
1 536mm
AET
942mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
4cm
Forest
0%
Crops
74%
Urban
27%
Protected
56%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)