HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080031010
Bassin de Chaabet Edi el Melh
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 8 administrative regions : Cheraia, Collo, El Milia, Kanoua, Kheng Maoun +3
Sub-basin area
271,7km²
Upstream area
271,8km²
Discharge
3,08m³/s
Mean elev.
398m
Administrative coverage
8 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 68.5 km²25.2% of basin
- Ouled AttiaSkikda · Algeria53.3 km²19.6% of basin
- Kheng MaounSkikda · Algeria45.0 km²16.6% of basin
- 42.9 km²15.8% of basin
- ZitounaSkikda · Algeria23.6 km²8.7% of basin
- 19.8 km²7.3% of basin
- Oued ZhourSkikda · Algeria1.0 km²0.4% of basin
- 0.6 km²0.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
227 distinct species · 529 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 53 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 Chaabet Edi el Melh : 46 espèces reliées par 73 interactions GloBI sur 7 types (connectance 5.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
16,0°C
Annual rain
1 176mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,10
Runoff
344mm/an
PET
1 039mm
AET
661mm
Mean slope
14,9°
Water table
665cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
7%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)