HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080074790
Bassin · #1080074790
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-Farafirah, Unorganized in Al Jizah, Unorganized in Al Minya
Sub-basin area
239,2km²
Upstream area
239,2km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
231m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 141.9 km²59.4% of basin
- 75.9 km²31.8% of basin
- 21.0 km²8.8% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
White Desert
IUCN IIINatural Monument
56.53 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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 792mm
AET
0mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
981cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
24%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)