HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080933150
Bassin · #2080933150
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 2 countries : Al Ain, Al Gharbia, Al Udayd
Sub-basin area
1 895,6km²
Upstream area
5 779,1km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
116m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 1 basins
- Bassin · #20809309509 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1021.2 km²54.0% of basin
- Al GharbiaAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates868.2 km²45.9% of basin
- Al AinAbu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates1.5 km²0.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Arabian Oryx Protected Area
IUCN IVProtected Area
445.70 km² overlap
Al Delfaowyah Protected Area
IUCN IVProtected Area
97.86 km² overlap
Protected Area
75.31 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 8 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°
27,5°C
Annual rain
55mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
3mm/an
PET
1 859mm
AET
43mm
Mean slope
4,3°
Water table
307cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
84%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)