HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080652800
Bassin de Wadi Arada
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 : Al Geneina, Kabkabiya, Kutum
Sub-basin area
1 989,7km²
Upstream area
16 036,1km²
Discharge
3,21m³/s
Mean elev.
875m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ouadi Id el Aban1791 km²
- Bassin de Ouadi Id el Aban31 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 923.8 km²46.6% of basin
- 830.3 km²41.9% of basin
- Kabkabiya228.4 km²11.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 3 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
322mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,85
Runoff
10mm/an
PET
2 132mm
AET
269mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
138cm
Forest
0%
Crops
18%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)