HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080971010
Bassin · #2080971010
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 Udayd, Muqshin, Thumrait
Sub-basin area
445,9km²
Upstream area
3 191,4km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
170m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #2080975220207 km²
- Bassin · #208097527048 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 221.4 km²49.8% of basin
- 153.7 km²34.6% of basin
- 69.5 km²15.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Empty Quarter Desert Reserve
IUCN VINature Reserve
288.89 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°
27,4°C
Annual rain
32mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
1 939mm
AET
24mm
Mean slope
4,7°
Water table
273cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
35%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)