HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080923480
Bassin · #2080923480
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 across 2 countries : Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Al Gharbia, Dhank
Sub-basin area
1 032,6km²
Upstream area
1 033km²
Discharge
0,12m³/s
Mean elev.
126m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Al AinAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates467.8 km²45.4% of basin
- 273.4 km²26.5% of basin
- Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates199.2 km²19.3% of basin
- Al GharbiaAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates89.8 km²8.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Arabian Oryx Protected Area
IUCN IVProtected Area
350.47 km² overlap
Al Safa Reserve
IUCN VINature Reserve
181.57 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°
27,6°C
Annual rain
66mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,96
Runoff
6mm/an
PET
1 853mm
AET
52mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
122cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
47%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)