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
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
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)