HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080977110
Bassin · #2080977110
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
409,2km²
Upstream area
409,3km²
Discharge
0,01m³/s
Mean elev.
293m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 248.9 km²61.0% of basin
- 119.4 km²29.3% of basin
- 23.1 km²5.7% of basin
- 16.5 km²4.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Empty Quarter Desert Reserve
IUCN VINature Reserve
13.84 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°
26,6°C
Annual rain
50mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
1 872mm
AET
38mm
Mean slope
4,2°
Water table
257cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)