HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080049240
Bassin · #1080049240
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 : Oum El Assel, Tabelbala
Sub-basin area
1 276,8km²
Upstream area
1 277km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
438m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Oum El AsselTindouf · Algeria1166.0 km²91.5% of basin
- 108.8 km²8.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Tindouf
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
1165.99 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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°
25,5°C
Annual rain
12mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
7mm/an
PET
2 089mm
AET
5mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
672cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)