HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080712050
Bassin · #2080712050
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 across 2 countries : Al-Malikiyah, Sinjar, Talafar
Sub-basin area
599,5km²
Upstream area
599,5km²
Discharge
4,24m³/s
Mean elev.
412m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 357.7 km²59.6% of basin
- 182.1 km²30.4% of basin
- 59.9 km²10.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 28 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°
19,6°C
Annual rain
437mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,70
Runoff
231mm/an
PET
1 439mm
AET
369mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
40cm
Forest
0%
Crops
32%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)