HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080088260
Bassin · #2080088260
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 : Al Ahsa, Al Nuayriyah, Qaryah Al Ulya, Rumah
Sub-basin area
1 686,1km²
Upstream area
1 686,1km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
366m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 547.5 km²32.5% of basin
- 481.0 km²28.6% of basin
- 471.2 km²28.0% of basin
- 183.3 km²10.9% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Royal Reserve
403.57 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 6 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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
120mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,93
Runoff
6mm/an
PET
1 787mm
AET
99mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
177cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)