HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080817840
Bassin de الفرات
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 : An Nasiriyah, Chibayish, Suq ash Shuyukh
Sub-basin area
56km²
Upstream area
457 618,5km²
Discharge
991,41m³/s
Mean elev.
2m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de الفرات978 km²
- Bassin de Shatt Al Gharrat790 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 35.0 km²62.6% of basin
- 19.0 km²34.0% of basin
- 1.9 km²3.5% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Central Marshes
IUCN IINational Park
27.40 km² overlap
Central Marshes
IUCN IbWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
27.06 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)
24.83 km² overlap
Hammar Marsh
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
10.70 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 16 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
100mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,95
Runoff
27mm/an
PET
1 838mm
AET
83mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
7cm
Forest
0%
Crops
30%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)