HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080169400
Bassin de Batang Tembesi
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 : Merangin, Sarolangun
Sub-basin area
687km²
Upstream area
687,1km²
Discharge
30,72m³/s
Mean elev.
901m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 679.6 km²99.4% of basin
- SarolangunJambi · Indonesia4.3 km²0.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
53.74 km² overlap
Kerinci Seblat
IUCN IINational Park
17.61 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
22,0°C
Annual rain
2 627mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,42
Runoff
1 425mm/an
PET
1 516mm
AET
1 477mm
Mean slope
9,5°
Water table
224cm
Forest
58%
Crops
37%
Urban
1%
Protected
8%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)