HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080081250
Bassin · #2080081250
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 5 administrative regions : Abs, Alluheyah, Az Zuhrah, Ku'aydinah, Qafl Shamer
Sub-basin area
449km²
Upstream area
8 758,5km²
Discharge
3,98m³/s
Mean elev.
184m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #2081001450352 km²
- Bassin de WADI MAWR248 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 238.2 km²53.2% of basin
- Ku'aydinahHajjah · Yemen106.2 km²23.7% of basin
- 76.8 km²17.2% of basin
- 16.1 km²3.6% of basin
- Qafl ShamerHajjah · Yemen9.9 km²2.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 3 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
28,7°C
Annual rain
71mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,96
Runoff
45mm/an
PET
1 734mm
AET
58mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
382cm
Forest
4%
Crops
26%
Urban
4%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)