HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4081056290
Bassin de Nậm Mộ
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Kỳ Sơn, Morkmay, Tương Dương, Viengthong
Sub-basin area
268km²
Upstream area
268km²
Discharge
5,45m³/s
Mean elev.
846m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 167.8 km²62.8% of basin
- 95.1 km²35.6% of basin
- 4.1 km²1.5% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Western Nghe An
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
263.64 km² overlap
Yodnammo-Phousamsoum
IUCN Not ReportedNational Protected Area
3.50 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
15 distinct species · 96 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°
21,0°C
Annual rain
1 432mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,02
Runoff
642mm/an
PET
1 384mm
AET
921mm
Mean slope
20,1°
Water table
590cm
Forest
40%
Crops
2%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)