HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080029200
Bassin de Oued Souss ⴰⵙⵉⴼ ⵏ ⵙⵓⵙⵙ وادي سوس
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 : Agadir-Ida ou Tanane, Chtouka-Aït Baha, Inezgane-Aït Melloul, Taroudannt
Sub-basin area
1 583,4km²
Upstream area
17 292,5km²
Discharge
35,11m³/s
Mean elev.
210m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Asif Oussaka1278 km²
- Bassin de Oued Souss وادي سوس365 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1023.5 km²64.7% of basin
- 301.9 km²19.1% of basin
- 229.0 km²14.5% of basin
- Taroudannt27.0 km²1.7% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Réserve de Biosphère de l'Arganeraie (RBA)
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1581.74 km² overlap
Réserve biologique de Massa et Grand Agadir
IUCN Not ApplicablePermanent Hunting Reserve
287.32 km² overlap
Réserve Biologique de Massa I
IUCN Not ApplicablePermanent Hunting Reserve
145.96 km² overlap
Parc National de Sous-Massa
IUCN IINational Park
81.24 km² overlap
Sidi Yacoub
IUCN Not ApplicablePermanent Hunting Reserve
44.03 km² overlap
Ikounka
IUCN Not ApplicablePermanent Hunting Reserve
43.33 km² overlap
Ademine
IUCN Not ApplicableBiological and Ecological Interest Site
35.90 km² overlap
Zones humides de Souss-Massa
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
7.54 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 016 distinct species · 56 377 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Oued Souss ⴰⵙⵉⴼ ⵏ ⵙⵓⵙⵙ وادي سوس : 23 espèces reliées par 41 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 10.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
18,9°C
Annual rain
227mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,83
Runoff
56mm/an
PET
1 311mm
AET
194mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
446cm
Forest
0%
Crops
7%
Urban
21%
Protected
26%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)