HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080043520
Bassin · #1080043520
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 2 administrative regions : Chinguetti, Ouadane
Sub-basin area
209,4km²
Upstream area
4 262,5km²
Discharge
0,51m³/s
Mean elev.
352m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10804202301485 km²
- Bassin · #1080420550205 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 108.3 km²51.8% of basin
- 100.6 km²48.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
28,4°C
Annual rain
28mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
4mm/an
PET
2 234mm
AET
19mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
288cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)