HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080932490
Bassin · #2080932490
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 3 administrative regions across 3 countries : Al Ain, Al Udayd, Ibri
Sub-basin area
870,5km²
Upstream area
870,5km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
126m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 782.1 km²90.1% of basin
- Al AinAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates71.6 km²8.2% of basin
- 14.6 km²1.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Al Safa Reserve
IUCN VINature Reserve
54.84 km² overlap
Arabian Oryx Protected Area
IUCN IVProtected Area
30.14 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 10 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
59mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
7mm/an
PET
1 832mm
AET
47mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
103cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)