HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080064250
Bassin · #1080064250
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 : Itsa, Unorganized in Al Fayoum, Unorganized in Bani Suwayf
Sub-basin area
447,6km²
Upstream area
447,6km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
32m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 170.8 km²38.2% of basin
- 153.6 km²34.4% of basin
- Unorganized in Bani SuwayfBani Suwayf · Egypt122.6 km²27.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Wadi El Rayan Protected Area
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
35.13 km² overlap
Wadi El Rayan
IUCN VIMultiple Use Management Area
34.88 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 10 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
7mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-1,00
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
1 740mm
AET
5mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
403cm
Forest
0%
Crops
18%
Urban
19%
Protected
8%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)