HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080081260
Bassin · #2080081260
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 13 administrative regions : Abs, Aflah Al Yaman, Al Mahabishah, Al Miftah, Alluheyah +8
Sub-basin area
1 339,7km²
Upstream area
1 339,7km²
Discharge
0,01m³/s
Mean elev.
163m
Administrative coverage
13 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 866.1 km²64.9% of basin
- 150.9 km²11.3% of basin
- Ku'aydinahHajjah · Yemen65.7 km²4.9% of basin
- Qafl ShamerHajjah · Yemen59.2 km²4.4% of basin
- 39.3 km²2.9% of basin
- 36.6 km²2.7% of basin
- 32.7 km²2.4% of basin
- Aflah Al YamanHajjah · Yemen24.7 km²1.8% of basin
5 moreFull L2 list
- Khayran Al Muharraq19.2 km² · 1.4%
- Al Mahabishah19.0 km² · 1.4%
- Al Miftah5.0 km² · 0.4%
- Kuhlan Ash Sharaf1.9 km² · 0.1%
- Ash Shahil0.4 km² · 0.0%
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 13 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°
28,8°C
Annual rain
71mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,96
Runoff
34mm/an
PET
1 736mm
AET
58mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
335cm
Forest
4%
Crops
14%
Urban
6%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)