HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080084780
Bassin de وادي المسك
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 2 administrative regions : Dahab, Nuweiba'
Sub-basin area
184,7km²
Upstream area
3 506,1km²
Discharge
0,45m³/s
Mean elev.
565m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de وادي غزالة191 km²
- Bassin de وادي العرضة114 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 142.9 km²77.5% of basin
- 41.4 km²22.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Taba
IUCN IIINatural Monument
122.05 km² overlap
Abu Gallum
IUCN VIMultiple Use Management Area
0.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
36 distinct species · 54 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 7 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 المسك : 5 espèces reliées par 5 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 23.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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°
20,4°C
Annual rain
16mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
10mm/an
PET
1 471mm
AET
14mm
Mean slope
11,2°
Water table
765cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
66%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)