HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080031640
Bassin de Wad Elmaleh
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 13 administrative regions across 2 countries : Agrigento, Bekalta, Bembla, Ksar Hellal, Ksibet El Mediouni +8
Sub-basin area
273,1km²
Upstream area
273,1km²
Discharge
0,28m³/s
Mean elev.
16m
Administrative coverage
13 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Ksour EssefMahdia · Tunisia55.3 km²20.2% of basin
- 40.3 km²14.8% of basin
- 27.8 km²10.2% of basin
- 24.6 km²9.0% of basin
- 21.2 km²7.8% of basin
- Ksibet El MediouniMonastir · Tunisia17.3 km²6.3% of basin
- 12.3 km²4.5% of basin
- Sayada-Lamta-Bou HjarMonastir · Tunisia12.1 km²4.4% of basin
5 moreFull L2 list
- Ksar Hellal9.0 km² · 3.3%
- Bembla7.5 km² · 2.8%
- Unknown13.4 km² · 1.2%
- Moknine1.2 km² · 0.5%
- Sidi Alouane0.9 km² · 0.3%
9 intersecting protected areas
Arcipelago delle Pelagie - area marina e terrestre
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
31.62 km² overlap
Isola di Lampedusa e Lampione
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
14.05 km² overlap
Natural Marine Reserve and Natural Protected Marine Areas
10.88 km² overlap
Fondali delle Isole Pelagie
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
9.81 km² overlap
Isola di Linosa
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.35 km² overlap
Regional/Provincial Nature Reserve
3.31 km² overlap
Regional/Provincial Nature Reserve
2.48 km² overlap
Les Salines de Monastir
IUCN Not ReportedWetland Zone of National Importance
1.89 km² overlap
Les Salines de Monastir
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1.89 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
277 distinct species · 925 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Wad Elmaleh : 29 espèces reliées par 45 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.0%, 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°
18,5°C
Annual rain
300mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,72
Runoff
51mm/an
PET
1 079mm
AET
260mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
159cm
Forest
0%
Crops
8%
Urban
48%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)