Protected Area · sau
Nafud al-‘Urayq
- Area
- 2 035 km²
- IUCN cat.
- VI
- Year
- 1996
Overview
- Designation
- Protected Area
- IUCN category
- VI · Aire protégée avec utilisation durable
Conservation + utilisation durable des ressources
- Established
- 1996
- Managing authority
- National Center for Wildlife
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
7 distinct species · 20 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydrology16 basins · 0 lakes · 10 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
66,4km
Basins crossed
16
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
62 681km²
Discharge in basins
9,4m³/s
Mean precip.
131mm/an
Mean T°
24,3°C
Moisture idx
-0,93
Mean runoff
44mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
894m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de شعيب نجخsub-area1 927 km²overlap347.41 km²17%
- Bassin de وادي المياهsub-area932,3 km²overlap340.70 km²17%
- Bassin de وادي الجريرsub-area1 429,3 km²overlap267.45 km²13%
- Bassin de شعيب الخرزsub-area675,4 km²overlap190.76 km²9%
- Bassin de وادي هويشلةsub-area493,9 km²overlap187.30 km²9%
- Basin #97860sub-area113,6 km²overlap113.40 km²6%
- Basin #96420sub-area149,4 km²overlap97.36 km²5%
- Bassin de شعيب ثريانsub-area693,7 km²overlap94.56 km²5%
- Bassin de شعيب مباريsub-area448,5 km²overlap80.64 km²4%
7 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de وادي النخلةsub-area441 km²overlap70.52 km²3%
- Bassin de شعيب الاشعريةsub-area428,2 km²overlap69.38 km²3%
- Bassin de وادي المياهsub-area554,2 km²overlap68.29 km²3%
- Bassin de شعيب ارينبةsub-area763,5 km²overlap35.10 km²2%
- Bassin de شعيب قعضبsub-area127,9 km²overlap31.79 km²2%
- Bassin de وادي الجريرsub-area50,6 km²overlap29.24 km²1%
- Basin #96520sub-area146,5 km²overlap10.81 km²1%
Rivers / streams (10, ord ≥ 4)
- وادي الجريرord 7len here19.85 km4%total543 km
- شعيب مليحord 3len here12.55 km54%total23 km
- وادي المياهord 5len here10.09 km4%total241 km
- شعيب الخرزord 3len here8.69 km15%total58 km
- شعيب قعضبord 2len here7.44 km81%total9 km
- شعيب الثغيبord 2len here4.22 km12%total34 km
- شعيب قعضبord 1len here1.98 km100%total2 km
- شعيب قعضبord 2len here1.38 km100%total1 km
- وادي هويشلةord 2len here0.25 km5%total5 km
- شعيب صعينينord 3len here≈ tangenttotal9 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 25.00040, 42.48130
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.