HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080059030
Bassin · #1080059030
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 : Unorganized in Al Fayoum, Unorganized in Al Jizah
Sub-basin area
768,3km²
Upstream area
768,3km²
Discharge
0,02m³/s
Mean elev.
175m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 578.6 km²75.4% of basin
- 188.8 km²24.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Wadi El Rayan Protected Area
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
368.41 km² overlap
Wadi El Rayan
IUCN VIMultiple Use Management Area
368.40 km² overlap
Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
150.71 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
15 distinct species · 21 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°
19,9°C
Annual rain
16mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
1 657mm
AET
12mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
1 223cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
48%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)