HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080091480
Bassin · #2080091480
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 Majmaah, Qaryah Al Ulya
Sub-basin area
1 093,9km²
Upstream area
1 093,9km²
Discharge
0,07m³/s
Mean elev.
448m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 868.7 km²79.5% of basin
- 223.3 km²20.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
King Abdulaziz Royal Reserve
IUCN IIRoyal Reserve
1092.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 20 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
203mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
7mm/an
PET
1 892mm
AET
168mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
156cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)