HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080921270
Bassin · #2080921270
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Al Ain, Al Buraimi, Dhank, Mahdha, Yanqul
Sub-basin area
704,8km²
Upstream area
704,8km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
467m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 469.1 km²66.7% of basin
- 158.3 km²22.5% of basin
- 56.0 km²8.0% of basin
- 18.9 km²2.7% of basin
- Al AinAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates0.8 km²0.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Nature Reserve
214.33 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 13 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°
26,1°C
Annual rain
87mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,95
Runoff
7mm/an
PET
1 781mm
AET
71mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
539cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)