HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080926670
Bassin de وادي القاحة
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 : Rabigh, Wadi Al Fara
Sub-basin area
3,9km²
Upstream area
2 160,1km²
Discharge
1,21m³/s
Mean elev.
139m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de وادي مجاح533 km²
- Bassin de وادي النخل317 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2.7 km²69.0% of basin
- Wadi Al FaraAl Madinah · Saudi Arabia1.2 km²31.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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°
28,4°C
Annual rain
48mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
25mm/an
PET
2 018mm
AET
37mm
Mean slope
6,1°
Water table
238cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)