HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080928310
Bassin · #2080928310
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
929,1km²
Upstream area
11 379,5km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
110m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #20809271002158 km²
- Bassin · #2080927180205 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Al AinAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates329.3 km²35.5% of basin
- Al GharbiaAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates324.3 km²35.0% of basin
- 178.1 km²19.2% of basin
- 95.2 km²10.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Arabian Oryx Protected Area
IUCN IVProtected Area
580.56 km² overlap
Al Safa Reserve
IUCN VINature Reserve
55.35 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
60mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
6mm/an
PET
1 852mm
AET
49mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
86cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
70%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)