HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080081990
Bassin de وادي ذهبان
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 : Abha, Al Birk, Al Qunfudhah, Muhayil
Sub-basin area
2 603,2km²
Upstream area
2 603,2km²
Discharge
0,78m³/s
Mean elev.
190m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1432.9 km²55.2% of basin
- 566.1 km²21.8% of basin
- 318.1 km²12.3% of basin
- 216.2 km²8.3% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Imam Faisal bin Turki Royal Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedRoyal Reserve
2394.97 km² overlap
‘Asir National Park
IUCN VINational Park
477.59 km² overlap
Blue Holes
IUCN IIIProtected Area
6.16 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
179 distinct species · 1 552 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 17 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 وادي ذهبان : 11 espèces reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 20.3%, 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°
30,2°C
Annual rain
231mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,88
Runoff
85mm/an
PET
1 953mm
AET
192mm
Mean slope
3,2°
Water table
528cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)