HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080815450
Bassin de نهر الرغلة
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 : An Nasiriyah, As Salman
Sub-basin area
983,5km²
Upstream area
9 483,2km²
Discharge
1,67m³/s
Mean elev.
14m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 11 basins
- Bassin · #20800885501496 km²
- Bassin · #20800890401209 km²
- Bassin · #2080819330717 km²
- Bassin · #2080092100430 km²
- Bassin · #2080095020209 km²
- + 6 more
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 700.6 km²71.3% of basin
- 282.0 km²28.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
0.40 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 4 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
89mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,95
Runoff
19mm/an
PET
1 856mm
AET
71mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
31cm
Forest
0%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)