HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080765230
Bassin · #2080765230
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 3 countries : Ar Rutbah, Ar-Ruwayshid, Palmyra
Sub-basin area
1 438,9km²
Upstream area
2 534,7km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
759m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #2080781780790 km²
- Bassin · #2080781700306 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1289.5 km²89.7% of basin
- 86.5 km²6.0% of basin
- Ar-RuwayshidMafraq · Jordan62.3 km²4.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
17,9°C
Annual rain
114mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,93
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
1 557mm
AET
96mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
51cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)