HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080044210
Bassin · #1080044210
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 : Afar Zone 2, Areta', Central Southern Red Sea
Sub-basin area
3 605,3km²
Upstream area
3 605,3km²
Discharge
10,83m³/s
Mean elev.
198m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 3098.0 km²86.2% of basin
- 319.4 km²8.9% of basin
- 174.5 km²4.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
19 distinct species · 35 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°
29,2°C
Annual rain
201mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
163mm/an
PET
1 912mm
AET
166mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
651cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)