HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080075770
Bassin de قنات
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, Mahdha
Sub-basin area
1 985,5km²
Upstream area
1 985,5km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
185m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates805.5 km²40.7% of basin
- Al AinAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates580.7 km²29.3% of basin
- 569.8 km²28.8% of basin
- 24.8 km²1.3% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Jabal Hafeet Nature Reserve
IUCN IVNature Reserve
158.47 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
45.93 km² overlap
Jebel Hafeet National Park
IUCN IIProtected Area
36.27 km² overlap
Protected Area
16.31 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
604 distinct species · 297 309 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 20 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 de قنات : 13 espèces reliées par 36 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 18.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
27,3°C
Annual rain
78mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,96
Runoff
6mm/an
PET
1 840mm
AET
63mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
277cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)