HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080076000
Bassin de القناة العربية
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, Sector 5, Sector 8, Sector 9
Sub-basin area
900,3km²
Upstream area
900,3km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
101m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 553.5 km²61.6% of basin
- 174.2 km²19.4% of basin
- 164.7 km²18.3% of basin
- Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates5.9 km²0.7% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Al Marmoun Desert
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Area
272.26 km² overlap
Protected Area
35.20 km² overlap
Jebel Ali Wetland Sanctuary
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Area
10.40 km² overlap
Jebel Ali Wetland Sanctuary
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
10.40 km² overlap
Al Ghaf of Nazwa
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Area
0.13 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
458 distinct species · 53 783 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 de القناة العربية : 14 espèces reliées par 39 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 18.6%, 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°
26,9°C
Annual rain
89mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,95
Runoff
12mm/an
PET
1 802mm
AET
72mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
531cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)