HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080075910
Bassin · #2080075910
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 : Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Sector 8, Sector 9
Sub-basin area
1 186,4km²
Upstream area
1 186,6km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
118m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 614.1 km²51.9% of basin
- Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates349.8 km²29.5% of basin
- Al AinAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates122.5 km²10.4% of basin
- 97.3 km²8.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Al Marmoun Desert
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Area
521.64 km² overlap
Protected Area
81.96 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
383 distinct species · 88 638 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 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 · #2080075910 : 13 espèces reliées par 41 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 24.0%, 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°
27,0°C
Annual rain
91mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,95
Runoff
9mm/an
PET
1 814mm
AET
74mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
544cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)