HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080929950
Bassin · #2080929950
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 : Al Ain, Al Gharbia
Sub-basin area
421,7km²
Upstream area
1 085,3km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
105m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #2080927520346 km²
- Bassin · #2080927590318 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Al AinAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates225.3 km²53.6% of basin
- Al GharbiaAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates195.3 km²46.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Arabian Oryx Protected Area
IUCN IVProtected Area
420.65 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 16 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
58mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
5mm/an
PET
1 856mm
AET
46mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
90cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)