HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080185190
Bassin · #1080185190
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 1 administrative regions : Unorganized in Al Fayoum
Sub-basin area
42,4km²
Upstream area
2 275,5km²
Discharge
0,07m³/s
Mean elev.
-16m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080186970446 km²
- Bassin · #1080186960244 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 42.4 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Wadi El Rayan
IUCN VIMultiple Use Management Area
42.38 km² overlap
Wadi El Rayan Protected Area
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
42.38 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 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°
21,0°C
Annual rain
8mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-1,00
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
1 737mm
AET
5mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
193cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)