HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080048170
Bassin · #1080048170
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 : Marsa Matruh, Siwa
Sub-basin area
1 526,8km²
Upstream area
1 527km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
66m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 860.2 km²56.4% of basin
- 664.4 km²43.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Siwa
IUCN VIMultiple Use Management Area
372.61 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 12 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°
20,9°C
Annual rain
6mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-1,00
Runoff
0mm/an
PET
1 760mm
AET
4mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
533cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
24%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)