HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080930880
Bassin · #2080930880
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
789,1km²
Upstream area
789,1km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
113m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Al GharbiaAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates568.5 km²72.2% of basin
- Al AinAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates218.8 km²27.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Arabian Oryx Protected Area
IUCN IVProtected Area
545.42 km² overlap
Al Delfaowyah Protected Area
IUCN IVProtected Area
1.11 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°
27,4°C
Annual rain
58mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
5mm/an
PET
1 855mm
AET
46mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
124cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
91%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)