HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080054830
Bassin · #1080054830
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 : Shurtah al-Dakhlah, Unorganized in Al Jizah, Unorganized in Al Minya
Sub-basin area
620,9km²
Upstream area
621km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
235m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 450.3 km²72.6% of basin
- 137.3 km²22.1% of basin
- 32.4 km²5.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
White Desert
IUCN IIINatural Monument
68.32 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
20,8°C
Annual rain
1mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-1,00
Runoff
0mm/an
PET
1 789mm
AET
0mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
865cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
11%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)