HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080927100
Bassin · #2080927100
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 : Al Ain, Al Gharbia, Dhank, Ibri
Sub-basin area
2 158,1km²
Upstream area
7 130,9km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
117m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #20809238301380 km²
- Bassin · #20809238209 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Al AinAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates991.1 km²46.0% of basin
- Al GharbiaAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates706.6 km²32.8% of basin
- 335.7 km²15.6% of basin
- 119.4 km²5.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Arabian Oryx Protected Area
IUCN IVProtected Area
1193.41 km² overlap
Al Safa Reserve
IUCN VINature Reserve
73.21 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 5 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
63mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
6mm/an
PET
1 851mm
AET
51mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
94cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
70%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)