HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080712160
Bassin de Wadi Kuni
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
399,4km²
Upstream area
399,5km²
Discharge
1,53m³/s
Mean elev.
488m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 322.0 km²80.6% of basin
- 45.4 km²11.4% of basin
- 32.2 km²8.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 75 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°
19,4°C
Annual rain
415mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,71
Runoff
127mm/an
PET
1 412mm
AET
351mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
135cm
Forest
0%
Crops
29%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)