HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080073920
Bassin · #2080073920
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 : Al Khafji
Sub-basin area
226,1km²
Upstream area
226,1km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
35m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 165.1 km²73.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Al-Nuwaiseeb Natural Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedFenced Area
1.89 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
103 distinct species · 250 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 21 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin · #2080073920 : 16 espèces reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 12.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,7°C
Annual rain
89mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,95
Runoff
5mm/an
PET
1 681mm
AET
72mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
85cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)