HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080027640
Bassin · #1080027640
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 2 administrative regions : Nouakchott, Ouad-Naga
Sub-basin area
6,9km²
Upstream area
7,2km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
1m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 3.5 km²51.3% of basin
- NouakchottNouakchott · Mauritania1.7 km²25.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 43 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°
25,9°C
Annual rain
105mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,94
Runoff
3mm/an
PET
1 855mm
AET
85mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
28cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)