HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080924860
Bassin de Gowain
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Jaintia Hills, Sylhet
Sub-basin area
1 769,9km²
Upstream area
1 769,9km²
Discharge
209,34m³/s
Mean elev.
462m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 919.7 km²52.1% of basin
- SylhetSylhet · Bangladesh846.6 km²47.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Khadimnagar
IUCN IVNational Park
3.99 km² overlap
Ratargul
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Biodiversity Conservation Area
1.96 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
543 distinct species · 2 915 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Gowain : 24 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 37 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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°
22,4°C
Annual rain
3 920mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,66
Runoff
3 738mm/an
PET
1 330mm
AET
1 140mm
Mean slope
4,8°
Water table
184cm
Forest
13%
Crops
45%
Urban
4%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)