Nafud al-‘Urayq
IUCN VIProtected Area · 1996
2 035 km²
Governorate · SAU
An Nabhaniyah
Saudi Arabia
BWhArid, desert, hot(100 %)
Species observed
21
Observations
56
Area
6 885,9km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 2 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de An Nabhaniyah : 2 espèces reliées par 1 interaction GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 100.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Espèces affichées
2
Interactions affichées
1
Connectance
1.000
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
21 distinct species · 56 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
25,7°C
Annual rain
145mm
Warmest m°
41,3°C
Coldest m°
6,2°C
Elevation: 793 m on average (min 674 m, max 1 203 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
25,7°C
Annual rain
145mm
Warmest month
41,3°C
Coldest month
6,2°C
Mean alt.
793m
Min
674m
Max
1 203m
Std. dev.
65m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
BWhArid, desert, hot(100 %)Arid
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
8,0
Org. C
3,3g/kg
Clay
25,5%
Sand
40,6%
Silt
33,9%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
7,9
Org. C
4,1g/kg
Clay
25,0%
Sand
41,1%
Silt
33,9%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
8,0
Org. C
3,2g/kg
Clay
25,4%
Sand
40,5%
Silt
34,1%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
8,0
Org. C
2,7g/kg
Clay
25,9%
Sand
40,3%
Silt
33,8%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest0.0%
Crops0.1%
Built-up0.1%
Bare soil98.1%
Other (grassland, water…)1.7%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology35 basins · 0 lakes · 73 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
1 228,1km
Basins crossed
35
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
74 973km²
Discharge in basins
562,1m³/s
Mean precip.
142mm/an
Mean T°
24,2°C
Moisture idx
-0,93
Mean runoff
63mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
812m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de وادي الجريرsub-area1 429,3 km²overlap1021.60 km²15%
- Bassin de شعيب ابو رمثsub-area772,5 km²overlap680.62 km²10%
- Bassin de شعيب عطيsub-area3 495,9 km²overlap609.20 km²9%
- Bassin de وادي الرمةsub-area584,9 km²overlap583.76 km²8%
- Bassin de شعيب نجخsub-area1 927 km²overlap559.80 km²8%
- Bassin de وادي النخلةsub-area441 km²overlap440.15 km²6%
- Bassin de شعيب جرارsub-area423,3 km²overlap422.41 km²6%
- Bassin de وادي الداثsub-area1 170,5 km²overlap380.98 km²6%
- Bassin de وادي ساحوقsub-area1 448 km²overlap350.49 km²5%
26 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de شعيب غنيجانsub-area469,7 km²overlap321.42 km²5%
- Bassin de شعيب مباريsub-area448,5 km²overlap225.82 km²3%
- Bassin de شعيب الخرزsub-area675,4 km²overlap170.93 km²2%
- Basin #96420sub-area149,4 km²overlap149.15 km²2%
- Basin #96520sub-area146,5 km²overlap146.24 km²2%
- Bassin de وادي الجريرsub-area121,8 km²overlap120.90 km²2%
- Bassin de وادي الداثsub-area116,7 km²overlap116.44 km²2%
- Bassin de وادي عطاsub-area105,1 km²overlap104.90 km²2%
- Bassin de وادي دوبحsub-area174,9 km²overlap73.26 km²1%
- Bassin de وادي الرمةsub-area57,3 km²overlap57.22 km²1%
- Bassin de شعيب الشبيكيةsub-area591,7 km²overlap46.46 km²1%
- Bassin de شعيب مبعوجsub-area957,7 km²overlap43.27 km²1%
- Bassin de وادي عطاsub-area374,8 km²overlap35.53 km²1%
- Bassin de شعيب عقيربانsub-area1 686,5 km²overlap33.97 km²0%
- Bassin de وادي الجريرsub-area50,6 km²overlap31.62 km²0%
- Bassin de وادي الداثsub-area42,5 km²overlap30.39 km²0%
- Bassin de شعيب الجويةsub-area412,3 km²overlap30.04 km²0%
- Bassin de شعيب عقيربانsub-area107,1 km²overlap23.80 km²0%
- Bassin de وادي الرمةsub-area723,8 km²overlap22.65 km²0%
- Bassin de دحلة أم عجيلةsub-area232 km²overlap14.61 km²0%
- Bassin de شعيب الخشيبيsub-area455,1 km²overlap13.25 km²0%
- Bassin de شعيب هرمولsub-area1 649,9 km²overlap12.82 km²0%
- Bassin de شعيب مبهلsub-area1 034,4 km²overlap4.62 km²0%
- Bassin de وادي الرمةsub-area49,5 km²overlap3.65 km²0%
- Bassin de شعيب هرمولsub-area3,5 km²overlap3.54 km²0%
- Bassin de وادي الرمةsub-area0,4 km²overlap0.39 km²0%
Rivers / streams (73, ord ≥ 4)
- وادي الجريرord 7len here132.27 km24%total543 km
- وادي الداثord 5len here89.54 km98%total91 km
- وادي الرمةord 7len here83.42 km9%total899 km
- وادي الابترord 5len here46.79 km78%total60 km
- شعيب جرارord 2len here43.94 km80%total55 km
- شعيب الثغيبord 2len here33.37 km97%total34 km
- شعيب ابو رمثord 4len here30.63 km100%total31 km
- وادي ثادجord 5len here29.08 km100%total29 km
- وادي أم أرطىord 2len here28.50 km100%total29 km
- شعيب البديعةord 3len here28.02 km88%total32 km
- شعيب العشراتord 3len here24.73 km100%total25 km
- شعيب غنيجانord 7len here24.67 km64%total38 km
61 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- شعيب البصيريord 3len here24.42 km99%total25 km
- شعيب مطربةord 6len here23.17 km44%total53 km
- شعيب النويعord 5len here22.77 km46%total49 km
- شعيب القريفاءord 7len here22.59 km100%total23 km
- وادي عريفجانord 2len here22.28 km100%total22 km
- شعيب مازونةord 4len here21.21 km100%total21 km
- شعيب نجخord 4len here19.94 km19%total106 km
- شعيب السحق الجنوبيord 7len here19.79 km71%total28 km
- شعيب الدارةord 2len here19.19 km44%total44 km
- شعيب مبعوجord 4len here18.35 km30%total62 km
- شعيب الطرفيةord 2len here17.94 km100%total18 km
- مفيض الردةord 2len here17.91 km100%total18 km
- شعيب صخيبرة الشرقيord 1len here17.08 km100%total17 km
- شعيب مباريord 2len here16.06 km18%total90 km
- شعيب عطيord 2len here16.02 km23%total68 km
- شعيب العمودةord 1len here15.97 km100%total16 km
- وادي النخلةord 1len here15.25 km100%total15 km
- وادي عطاord 7len here14.74 km37%total40 km
- شعيب ظلماءord 1len here14.28 km100%total14 km
- شعيب أبا الرماحord 2len here13.35 km100%total13 km
- وادي دوبحord 3len here13.09 km43%total30 km
- شعيب المطلاعord 1len here12.59 km100%total13 km
- شعيب ام عشرةord 2len here12.44 km100%total12 km
- شعيب مخيطord 1len here12.08 km100%total12 km
- شعيب الدسماتord 2len here10.69 km58%total18 km
- شعيب العظاميord 2len here10.59 km100%total11 km
- شعيب ام شويحاتord 4len here10.36 km100%total10 km
- شعيب ام صفيحord 2len here10.29 km100%total10 km
- شعيب المطلاع الأيمنord 1len here10.09 km100%total10 km
- شعيب ام إرطىord 1len here9.83 km100%total10 km
- شعيب نعجةord 1len here9.46 km100%total9 km
- رجلة الهملord 1len here8.80 km100%total9 km
- شعيب عقيربانord 5len here8.27 km7%total124 km
- رجلة مظيفرord 4len here8.12 km100%total8 km
- شعيب الجويةord 2len here7.99 km12%total65 km
- شعيب جدعا الجنوبيord 2len here7.48 km100%total7 km
- وادي الأبيترord 4len here7.41 km27%total28 km
- رجلة غزايord 4len here7.33 km78%total9 km
- وادي أبا الهدارord 1len here7.20 km100%total7 km
- شعيب ام عجرمord 1len here7.05 km64%total11 km
- شعيب دحلة العبيدord 1len here6.98 km100%total7 km
- شعيب ام ارطىord 1len here6.89 km100%total7 km
- شعيب ابوسلمord 1len here6.74 km90%total8 km
- شعيب هرمولord 4len here6.63 km7%total93 km
- وادي بدينord 6len here6.31 km100%total6 km
- شعيب صخيبرة الغربيord 2len here5.99 km34%total17 km
- شعيب الشبيكيةord 3len here5.18 km12%total44 km
- شعيب ابو رمثةord 1len here4.80 km100%total5 km
- شعيب أبو قُبُورord 1len here3.72 km85%total4 km
- شعيب دساسord 1len here3.41 km29%total12 km
- شعيب أبو خريطord 2len here3.02 km56%total5 km
- شعيب مليحord 3len here2.98 km13%total23 km
- شعيب صعينينord 3len here1.74 km19%total9 km
- شعيب الخرزord 3len here1.42 km2%total58 km
- شعيب أم سنونord 2len here1.18 km3%total41 km
- وادي مرغانord 4len here0.84 km77%total1 km
- ساهبة الأشعلord 2len here0.84 km2%total49 km
- شعيب الدحلةord 1len here0.47 km3%total18 km
- شعيب العينord 2len here0.44 km3%total16 km
- وادي ساحوقord 5len here0.11 km0%total300 km
- شعيب عايضةord 2len here≈ tangenttotal20 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,6nW
Built-up
5,4%
Pesticides
0,4kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas1
IUCN VI · 1
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN