HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080042920
Bassin · #1080042920
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 7 administrative regions : Ain Madhi, Dhayet Bendhahoua, El Haouaita, Hassi R'Mel, Kheneg +2
Sub-basin area
5 346,2km²
Upstream area
5 346,2km²
Discharge
8,14m³/s
Mean elev.
775m
Administrative coverage
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1429.4 km²26.8% of basin
- Hassi R'MelLaghouat · Algeria1239.2 km²23.2% of basin
- 860.4 km²16.1% of basin
- 791.3 km²14.8% of basin
- 753.8 km²14.1% of basin
- El HaouaitaLaghouat · Algeria222.1 km²4.2% of basin
- 47.3 km²0.9% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Atlas Saharien
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
73.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 26 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
18,6°C
Annual rain
119mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,92
Runoff
50mm/an
PET
1 522mm
AET
101mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
487cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)