HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080823390
Bassin de شط المالح
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 7 administrative regions : Al Madiana, Al Qurnah, Al Zubair, As Salman, Basrah +2
Sub-basin area
2 313,2km²
Upstream area
13 866,3km²
Discharge
0,69m³/s
Mean elev.
8m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de شط المالح1676 km²
- Bassin de شط المالح1409 km²
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 716.4 km²31.0% of basin
- 564.7 km²24.4% of basin
- 497.4 km²21.5% of basin
- 273.7 km²11.8% of basin
- 205.1 km²8.9% of basin
- 51.0 km²2.2% of basin
- 2.8 km²0.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Hammar Marsh
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1382.96 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)
683.73 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
67 distinct species · 125 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de شط المالح : 20 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 25 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,2°C
Annual rain
101mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,94
Runoff
16mm/an
PET
1 835mm
AET
82mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
29cm
Forest
0%
Crops
11%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)