HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080694410
Bassin · #2080694410
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
308,8km²
Upstream area
10 523,5km²
Discharge
62,04m³/s
Mean elev.
1 292m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #20806966301381 km²
- Bassin de گادار چایی1286 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 228.4 km²73.9% of basin
- 70.8 km²22.9% of basin
- 9.7 km²3.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Urumieh lake
IUCN IINational Park
137.17 km² overlap
Lake Urmia [or Orumiyeh]
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
135.70 km² overlap
Lake Urmia [or Orumiyeh]
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
135.70 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
18 distinct species · 61 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°
11,9°C
Annual rain
374mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,68
Runoff
34mm/an
PET
1 163mm
AET
322mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
78cm
Forest
0%
Crops
74%
Urban
23%
Protected
44%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)