HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080091180
Bassin · #2080091180
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 3 administrative regions : Al Majmaah, Hafar Al Batin, Qaryah Al Ulya
Sub-basin area
549,2km²
Upstream area
549,2km²
Discharge
0,25m³/s
Mean elev.
457m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 224.0 km²40.9% of basin
- 222.2 km²40.5% of basin
- 102.1 km²18.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
King Abdulaziz Royal Reserve
IUCN IIRoyal Reserve
548.24 km² overlap
Al-Jandaliyah
IUCN VIResource Use Reserve
8.93 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 10 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°
24,6°C
Annual rain
214mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
8mm/an
PET
1 899mm
AET
178mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
86cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)