HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4081071550
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Kawkareik, Mae Sariang
Sub-basin area
75,9km²
Upstream area
240 341,7km²
Discharge
3 845,3m³/s
Mean elev.
415m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Salween River1564 km²
- Bassin · #4081070780283 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Mae Sariang52.0 km²68.7% of basin
- 23.7 km²31.3% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Salawin
IUCN IaWildlife Sanctuary
50.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 10 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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
1 473mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,17
Runoff
665mm/an
PET
1 780mm
AET
1 056mm
Mean slope
19,3°
Water table
781cm
Forest
48%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
66%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)