HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080075720
Bassin · #2080075720
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Al Buraimi, Al Gharbia
Sub-basin area
2 576,5km²
Upstream area
2 577,2km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
111m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates1612.8 km²62.7% of basin
- Al AinAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates658.7 km²25.6% of basin
- 293.6 km²11.4% of basin
- Al GharbiaAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates5.4 km²0.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Protected Area
324.28 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
47 distinct species · 105 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 11 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 · #2080075720 : 7 espèces reliées par 18 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 32.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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°
27,4°C
Annual rain
72mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,96
Runoff
6mm/an
PET
1 848mm
AET
58mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
133cm
Forest
0%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)