HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080052140
Bassin · #1080052140
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 5 administrative regions : Ain Deheb, Ain Sidi Ali, Chehaima, Gueltat Sidi Saad, Hadj Mechri
Sub-basin area
841,5km²
Upstream area
841,5km²
Discharge
0,31m³/s
Mean elev.
1 134m
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 397.2 km²47.2% of basin
- Ain Sidi AliLaghouat · Algeria227.2 km²27.0% of basin
- 159.5 km²19.0% of basin
- Gueltat Sidi SaadLaghouat · Algeria51.6 km²6.1% of basin
- Hadj MechriLaghouat · Algeria5.8 km²0.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Atlas Saharien
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
333.64 km² overlap
Chott ech Chergui
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
44.36 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 7 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°
14,3°C
Annual rain
280mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,77
Runoff
14mm/an
PET
1 211mm
AET
241mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
706cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)