HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080031730
Bassin de Oued Ain Torkya
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 : Agareb, Menzel Chaker, Sfax Ouest, Sfax Sud
Sub-basin area
523,4km²
Upstream area
523,5km²
Discharge
0,16m³/s
Mean elev.
106m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 327.7 km²62.6% of basin
- 100.9 km²19.3% of basin
- 94.3 km²18.0% of basin
- 0.4 km²0.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Al Gounna
IUCN Not AssignedNature Reserve
4.33 km² overlap
Salines de Thyna
IUCN Not ReportedWetland Zone of National Importance
0.16 km² overlap
Salines de Thyna
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.16 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
210 distinct species · 1 170 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Ain Torkya : 21 espèces reliées par 60 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 14.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
18,4°C
Annual rain
206mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,83
Runoff
42mm/an
PET
1 211mm
AET
178mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
378cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
7%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)