HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4081070930
Bassin de Salween 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 across 2 countries : Bawlake, Kawkareik, Mae Sariang
Sub-basin area
1 564km²
Upstream area
239 983,1km²
Discharge
3 834,3m³/s
Mean elev.
580m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Salween River377 km²
- Bassin de Salween River25 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 867.5 km²55.6% of basin
- 472.9 km²30.3% of basin
- Mae Sariang218.8 km²14.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Salawin
IUCN IaWildlife Sanctuary
219.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 9 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°
25,6°C
Annual rain
1 502mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
773mm/an
PET
1 740mm
AET
1 048mm
Mean slope
16,1°
Water table
597cm
Forest
65%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
14%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)