HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080030220
Bassin de Oued Moulouya وادي ملوية
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 : Berkane Taourirt, Nador
Sub-basin area
2 183,8km²
Upstream area
54 236,8km²
Discharge
70,49m³/s
Mean elev.
325m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Oued el Ksob1761 km²
- Bassin de Oued Moulouya وادي ملوية1460 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1328.3 km²60.8% of basin
- 855.3 km²39.2% of basin
10 intersecting protected areas
Beni Snassen I
IUCN Not ApplicablePermanent Hunting Reserve
124.98 km² overlap
Embouchure de la Moulouya I
IUCN Not ApplicablePermanent Hunting Reserve
63.83 km² overlap
Berkane - Sidi Slimane - Cherraa
IUCN Not ApplicablePermanent Hunting Reserve
33.00 km² overlap
Embouchure de la Moulouya
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
19.17 km² overlap
Embouchure de la Moulouya II
IUCN Not ApplicablePermanent Hunting Reserve
17.75 km² overlap
Embouchure de la Moulouya
IUCN Not ApplicableBiological and Ecological Interest Site
17.29 km² overlap
Zaio
IUCN Not ApplicablePermanent Hunting Reserve
10.68 km² overlap
Aklim
IUCN Not ApplicablePermanent Hunting Reserve
6.40 km² overlap
Beni Snassen Ras Foughal
IUCN Not ApplicablePermanent Hunting Reserve
3.10 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Chenaie de Ras Foughal
IUCN Not ApplicablePermanent Hunting Reserve
1.67 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 326 distinct species · 4 891 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Moulouya وادي ملوية : 30 espèces reliées par 51 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 5.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
17,9°C
Annual rain
306mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,75
Runoff
30mm/an
PET
1 231mm
AET
263mm
Mean slope
6,6°
Water table
491cm
Forest
9%
Crops
61%
Urban
4%
Protected
11%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)