HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080187140
Bassin · #1080187140
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
352,2km²
Upstream area
352,4km²
Discharge
0,01m³/s
Mean elev.
109m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 222.2 km²63.2% of basin
- Unorganized in Bani SuwayfBani Suwayf · Egypt129.6 km²36.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Wadi El Rayan
IUCN VIMultiple Use Management Area
200.98 km² overlap
Wadi El Rayan Protected Area
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
200.73 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 9 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°
20,4°C
Annual rain
8mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-1,00
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
1 722mm
AET
5mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
965cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
57%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)