HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080044130
Bassin · #1080044130
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 : Shurtah al-Dakhlah, Shurtah al-Farafirah
Sub-basin area
3 695,1km²
Upstream area
3 695,7km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
189m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 3583.9 km²97.2% of basin
- 104.7 km²2.8% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
White Desert
IUCN IIINatural Monument
61.90 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 5 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°
21,7°C
Annual rain
1mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-1,00
Runoff
0mm/an
PET
1 860mm
AET
0mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
558cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)