HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080766470
Bassin · #2080766470
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
954,5km²
Upstream area
2 147,3km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
738m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #2080775490699 km²
- Bassin · #2080775500494 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 465.5 km²48.8% of basin
- Ar-RuwayshidMafraq · Jordan309.2 km²32.4% of basin
- 179.4 km²18.8% 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°
17,8°C
Annual rain
108mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,93
Runoff
0mm/an
PET
1 554mm
AET
91mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
57cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)