HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080803740
Bassin de نهر أبو كفاف
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
19,7km²
Upstream area
3 059,9km²
Discharge
4,19m³/s
Mean elev.
5m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de نهر المشرح728 km²
- Bassin · #2080803320215 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 18.8 km²95.4% of basin
- 0.9 km²4.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Hawizeh Marsh (Haur Al-Hawizeh)
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
9.28 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)
7.33 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
24,1°C
Annual rain
189mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,90
Runoff
8mm/an
PET
1 851mm
AET
156mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
4cm
Forest
0%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)