HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080186970
Bassin · #1080186970
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 Bani Suwayf
Sub-basin area
445,9km²
Upstream area
445,9km²
Discharge
0,01m³/s
Mean elev.
66m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 234.9 km²52.7% of basin
- Unorganized in Bani SuwayfBani Suwayf · Egypt210.5 km²47.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Wadi El Rayan Protected Area
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
181.26 km² overlap
Wadi El Rayan
IUCN VIMultiple Use Management Area
181.10 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 5 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°
20,7°C
Annual rain
7mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-1,00
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
1 739mm
AET
5mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
788cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
41%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)