HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080826640
Bassin de شط العرب
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 : Basrah, Shatt Al Arab
Sub-basin area
30,8km²
Upstream area
755 246,3km²
Discharge
2 229,5m³/s
Mean elev.
3m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de قناة البدعة1797 km²
- Bassin de شط العرب158 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 20.0 km²65.0% of basin
- 10.8 km²35.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
23 distinct species · 25 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
150mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,91
Runoff
44mm/an
PET
1 734mm
AET
125mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
26cm
Forest
0%
Crops
3%
Urban
98%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)