HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080087560
Bassin · #2080087560
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 : Ash Shamli, Tayma
Sub-basin area
2 721,3km²
Upstream area
2 721,3km²
Discharge
0,37m³/s
Mean elev.
1 011m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- TaymaTabuk · Saudi Arabia2645.1 km²97.4% of basin
- 71.7 km²2.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Royal Reserve
1709.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
21,4°C
Annual rain
87mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,95
Runoff
5mm/an
PET
1 707mm
AET
71mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
586cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)