HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080969810
Bassin · #2080969810
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 5 administrative regions across 3 countries : Al Udayd, Hat, Muqshin, Shahan, Thumrait
Sub-basin area
6 072km²
Upstream area
6 072,1km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
388m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2857.3 km²47.2% of basin
- 1139.5 km²18.8% of basin
- 1114.5 km²18.4% of basin
- 850.2 km²14.0% of basin
- 91.6 km²1.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Empty Quarter Desert Reserve
IUCN VINature Reserve
1934.74 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°
26,0°C
Annual rain
49mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
15mm/an
PET
1 855mm
AET
38mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
228cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
14%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)