HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080692420
Bassin · #2080692420
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 : Maraqeh, Orumiyeh, Shabestar
Sub-basin area
138,7km²
Upstream area
2 770,9km²
Discharge
12,02m³/s
Mean elev.
1 291m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #2080693250355 km²
- Bassin de نازلو چای138 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 77.4 km²55.7% of basin
- 55.2 km²39.7% of basin
- 6.3 km²4.5% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Lake Urmia [or Orumiyeh]
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
95.15 km² overlap
Lake Urmia [or Orumiyeh]
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
95.15 km² overlap
Urumieh lake
IUCN IINational Park
94.91 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
12,0°C
Annual rain
360mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,69
Runoff
12mm/an
PET
1 165mm
AET
310mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
122cm
Forest
0%
Crops
32%
Urban
7%
Protected
68%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)