HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080927590
Bassin · #2080927590
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 1 administrative regions : Al Gharbia
Sub-basin area
317,9km²
Upstream area
317,9km²
Discharge
0,06m³/s
Mean elev.
125m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Al GharbiaAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates317.2 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Arabian Oryx Protected Area
IUCN IVProtected Area
50.98 km² overlap
Al Beda'a Protected Area
IUCN IVProtected Area
15.96 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°
27,2°C
Annual rain
62mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
6mm/an
PET
1 848mm
AET
51mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
139cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
41%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)