HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080076050
Bassin de خور دبي
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 70 administrative regions : Abu Shagara, Al Abar, Al Bu Daniq, Al Falaj, Al Fisht +65
Sub-basin area
824,5km²
Upstream area
824,5km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
32m
Administrative coverage
70 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 163.0 km²19.8% of basin
- 113.9 km²13.8% of basin
- 106.7 km²13.0% of basin
- 80.5 km²9.8% of basin
- 65.5 km²8.0% of basin
- 45.5 km²5.5% of basin
- 29.7 km²3.6% of basin
- 25.5 km²3.1% of basin
62 moreFull L2 list
- Sector 125.3 km² · 3.1%
- University City25.1 km² · 3.0%
- Sector 724.2 km² · 2.9%
- Industrial Area24.1 km² · 2.9%
- Bee'ah8.7 km² · 1.1%
- Al Sajaa Industrial Suburb7.7 km² · 0.9%
- Al Taawun5.2 km² · 0.6%
- Mughaidir Suburb4.1 km² · 0.5%
- Muwailih Commercial4.1 km² · 0.5%
- Al Majaz2.8 km² · 0.3%
- Al Shahba2.1 km² · 0.3%
- Al Ghubaira2.0 km² · 0.2%
- Sharjah Port1.9 km² · 0.2%
- Samnan1.7 km² · 0.2%
- Saif Zone1.6 km² · 0.2%
- Al Khaledia Suburb1.5 km² · 0.2%
- Al Qasba1.4 km² · 0.2%
- Al Layyeh Suburb1.4 km² · 0.2%
- Al Abar1.3 km² · 0.2%
- Al Ramala West1.2 km² · 0.1%
- Sharqan1.2 km² · 0.1%
- Al Jazzat1.1 km² · 0.1%
- Al Qadisiya1.0 km² · 0.1%
- Abu Shagara1.0 km² · 0.1%
- Al Ramla East1.0 km² · 0.1%
- Al Mareija0.9 km² · 0.1%
- Al Hazzanah0.8 km² · 0.1%
- Dasman0.8 km² · 0.1%
- Al Nasserya0.8 km² · 0.1%
- Um Altaraffa0.8 km² · 0.1%
- Al Rifa'ah0.7 km² · 0.1%
- Al Fisht0.7 km² · 0.1%
- Al Khan0.7 km² · 0.1%
- Maysaloon0.6 km² · 0.1%
- Al Seef0.6 km² · 0.1%
- Al Qassima0.6 km² · 0.1%
- Al Yarmook0.5 km² · 0.1%
- Al Heerah Suburb0.5 km² · 0.1%
- Al Nabba'ah0.5 km² · 0.1%
- Al Shuwaihean0.5 km² · 0.1%
- Al Mahatah0.5 km² · 0.1%
- Al Tala'a0.5 km² · 0.1%
- Al Khezamia0.5 km² · 0.1%
- Al Manakh0.5 km² · 0.1%
- Halwan Suburb0.5 km² · 0.1%
- Al Sharq0.5 km² · 0.1%
- Al Falaj0.5 km² · 0.1%
- Bu Tina0.5 km² · 0.1%
- Al Nekhailat0.4 km² · 0.1%
- Al Musalla0.4 km² · 0.0%
- Al Riff'a0.4 km² · 0.0%
- Al Bu Daniq0.4 km² · 0.0%
- Al Sabkha0.4 km² · 0.0%
- Flag Island0.2 km² · 0.0%
- Al Mujarrah0.2 km² · 0.0%
- Al Nabba0.2 km² · 0.0%
- Al Gharb0.1 km² · 0.0%
- Al Rumailah0.0 km² · 0.0%
- Al Ghafia0.0 km² · 0.0%
- Al Goaz0.0 km² · 0.0%
- Al Rashidiya 30.0 km² · 0.0%
- Al Nuaimia0.0 km² · 0.0%
3 intersecting protected areas
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
10.12 km² overlap
Ras al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Area
10.12 km² overlap
Misanad Protected Area
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Area
1.56 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 392 distinct species · 237 189 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 22 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 خور دبي : 16 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 39 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 16.9%, 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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
93mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,95
Runoff
16mm/an
PET
1 742mm
AET
77mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
199cm
Forest
0%
Crops
19%
Urban
45%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)