HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080086800
Bassin · #2080086800
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 : Abu Dhabi, Al Ain
Sub-basin area
202,3km²
Upstream area
4 843km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
111m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #2080922480338 km²
- Bassin · #208092233013 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates153.3 km²76.0% of basin
- Al AinAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates48.5 km²24.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Arabian Oryx Protected Area
IUCN IVProtected Area
44.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 9 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°
27,5°C
Annual rain
69mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,96
Runoff
7mm/an
PET
1 853mm
AET
55mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
139cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
56%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)