HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080817700
Bassin · #2080817700
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 4 administrative regions : Al Miamona, An Nasiriyah, Chibayish, Shatrah
Sub-basin area
775km²
Upstream area
775,1km²
Discharge
0,07m³/s
Mean elev.
6m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 478.7 km²61.8% of basin
- 239.3 km²30.9% of basin
- 45.5 km²5.9% of basin
- 10.8 km²1.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Central Marshes
IUCN IbWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
212.41 km² overlap
Central Marshes
IUCN IINational Park
133.16 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)
57.22 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
23,9°C
Annual rain
119mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,94
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
1 833mm
AET
98mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
5cm
Forest
0%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)