HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080089880
Bassin · #2080089880
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 across 2 countries : Ar-Ruwayshid, Azraq, Sabha, Salkhad
Sub-basin area
840,9km²
Upstream area
840,9km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
801m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Ar-RuwayshidMafraq · Jordan370.7 km²44.1% of basin
- 291.5 km²34.7% of basin
- 110.2 km²13.1% of basin
- 67.9 km²8.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
20 distinct species · 77 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°
17,1°C
Annual rain
144mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,90
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
1 482mm
AET
122mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
431cm
Forest
0%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)