HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080991990
Bassin de Sankh River
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 : Gumla, Jashpur, Simdega
Sub-basin area
1 012,8km²
Upstream area
2 630,3km²
Discharge
61,55m³/s
Mean elev.
663m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sankh River825 km²
- Bassin de Lawa792 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 597.8 km²59.2% of basin
- 210.8 km²20.9% of basin
- 201.6 km²20.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 9 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 8 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 Sankh River : 8 espèces reliées par 7 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 25.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,7°C
Annual rain
1 422mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,12
Runoff
802mm/an
PET
1 619mm
AET
880mm
Mean slope
4,0°
Water table
235cm
Forest
32%
Crops
73%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)