HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080030690
Bassin de Oued Beni Messous وادي بني مسوس
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 12 administrative regions : Ain Benian, Bouzareah, Cheraga, Douaouda, Douera +7
Sub-basin area
217,8km²
Upstream area
217,8km²
Discharge
1,46m³/s
Mean elev.
119m
Administrative coverage
12 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 43.8 km²20.1% of basin
- 33.4 km²15.3% of basin
- 23.5 km²10.8% of basin
- 23.1 km²10.6% of basin
- 21.9 km²10.0% of basin
- 15.5 km²7.1% of basin
- 13.5 km²6.2% of basin
- 11.2 km²5.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 404 distinct species · 20 360 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 49 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 Beni Messous وادي بني مسوس : 37 espèces reliées par 99 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 8.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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°
17,4°C
Annual rain
711mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
209mm/an
PET
1 031mm
AET
588mm
Mean slope
4,1°
Water table
488cm
Forest
0%
Crops
18%
Urban
92%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)