HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080712490
Bassin de الفرات
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 6 administrative regions across 2 countries : 'Ayn al-'Arab, Birecik, Jarabulus, Karkamış, Nizip +1
Sub-basin area
1 304,8km²
Upstream area
102 426,3km²
Discharge
728,21m³/s
Mean elev.
460m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Fırat1970 km²
- Bassin de Sulama Kanalı1059 km²
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 395.1 km²30.3% of basin
- 255.2 km²19.5% of basin
- 221.0 km²16.9% of basin
- 187.1 km²14.3% of basin
- 182.2 km²14.0% of basin
- 64.7 km²5.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
336 distinct species · 8 111 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 24 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de الفرات : 20 espèces + 4 bulles famille, 34 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 12.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 4 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
17,4°C
Annual rain
359mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,76
Runoff
51mm/an
PET
1 481mm
AET
303mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
237cm
Forest
0%
Crops
34%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)