HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080930310
Bassin · #2080930310
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 across 2 countries : Al Ain, Ibri
Sub-basin area
278,1km²
Upstream area
278,2km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
101m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Al AinAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates213.0 km²76.8% of basin
- 64.4 km²23.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Arabian Oryx Protected Area
IUCN IVProtected Area
204.94 km² overlap
Al Safa Reserve
IUCN VINature Reserve
43.25 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
27,7°C
Annual rain
57mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
4mm/an
PET
1 849mm
AET
44mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
151cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
74%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)