HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4081017720
Bassin de Nậm Mu
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 : Mường La, Thuận Châu
Sub-basin area
37,5km²
Upstream area
3 449,1km²
Discharge
107,54m³/s
Mean elev.
385m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 3 basins
- Bassin de Nậm Mu468 km²
- Bassin de Nậm Mu313 km²
- Bassin de Nậm Con Gin74 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 37.4 km²99.9% of basin
- Thuận ChâuSơn La · Vietnam0.0 km²0.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Nam Don
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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°
22,6°C
Annual rain
1 575mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,08
Runoff
696mm/an
PET
1 443mm
AET
1 055mm
Mean slope
18,9°
Water table
751cm
Forest
0%
Crops
7%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)