HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080090470
Bassin · #2080090470
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 : Al Ula, Tayma
Sub-basin area
695,4km²
Upstream area
695,7km²
Discharge
0,47m³/s
Mean elev.
1 012m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- TaymaTabuk · Saudi Arabia688.6 km²99.2% of basin
- Al UlaAl Madinah · Saudi Arabia5.6 km²0.8% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Gharameel Nature Reserve
IUCN IbProtected Area
81.77 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 7 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°
20,9°C
Annual rain
73mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,96
Runoff
22mm/an
PET
1 652mm
AET
60mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
415cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)