HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080806490
Bassin de شعيب أرقط
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, Turaif
Sub-basin area
1 928,8km²
Upstream area
1 928,8km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
879m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1767.4 km²91.7% of basin
- 158.9 km²8.2% of basin
- Ar-RuwayshidMafraq · Jordan1.1 km²0.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
66 distinct species · 79 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°
18,6°C
Annual rain
121mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,92
Runoff
6mm/an
PET
1 526mm
AET
102mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
139cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
91%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)