HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080803220
Bassin de نهر المشرح
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 2 administrative regions : Al Amarah, Al Kahla
Sub-basin area
728km²
Upstream area
728km²
Discharge
0,64m³/s
Mean elev.
16m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 720.3 km²99.0% of basin
- 7.2 km²1.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Hawizeh Marsh (Haur Al-Hawizeh)
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
2.88 km² overlap
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,1°C
Annual rain
208mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
19mm/an
PET
1 857mm
AET
173mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
5cm
Forest
0%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)