HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080998390
Bassin de Sông Đà
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 : Honghe Hani and Yi, Mường Nhé, Mường Tè
Sub-basin area
1 191,6km²
Upstream area
21 997km²
Discharge
501,18m³/s
Mean elev.
1 064m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Nậm Ma909 km²
- Bassin de Sông Đà176 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1185.9 km²99.8% of basin
- 2.2 km²0.2% of basin
- Mường NhéĐiện Biên · Vietnam0.4 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
36 distinct species · 118 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,0°C
Annual rain
1 541mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,09
Runoff
1 150mm/an
PET
1 396mm
AET
1 025mm
Mean slope
21,1°
Water table
690cm
Forest
10%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
49%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)