HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080045440
Bassin · #1080045440
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-Farafirah, Siwa
Sub-basin area
2 522,2km²
Upstream area
2 522,2km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
109m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2489.2 km²98.8% of basin
- 29.5 km²1.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Siwa
IUCN VIMultiple Use Management Area
268.80 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 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°
21,4°C
Annual rain
4mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-1,00
Runoff
0mm/an
PET
1 847mm
AET
1mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
356cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
11%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)