HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080788040
Bassin · #2080788040
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 : Ain Al Tamur, Ar Rutbah, Karbala
Sub-basin area
804km²
Upstream area
39 373,7km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
168m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #2080794510955 km²
- Bassin · #2080794390649 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 617.3 km²76.8% of basin
- 176.0 km²21.9% of basin
- 10.1 km²1.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 26 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°
22,5°C
Annual rain
73mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,96
Runoff
47mm/an
PET
1 787mm
AET
59mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
168cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)