HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080973260
Bassin · #2080973260
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 4 administrative regions across 3 countries : Al Udayd, Hat, Rumah, Thumrait
Sub-basin area
945,4km²
Upstream area
6 802,4km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
259m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #20809808501512 km²
- Bassin · #20809809401103 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 483.4 km²51.3% of basin
- 323.1 km²34.3% of basin
- 134.6 km²14.3% of basin
- 1.4 km²0.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Empty Quarter Desert Reserve
IUCN VINature Reserve
119.86 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°
26,8°C
Annual rain
45mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
1 892mm
AET
34mm
Mean slope
4,7°
Water table
277cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
51%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)