HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080053060
Bassin · #1080053060
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, Gueltat Sidi Saad, Hadj Mechri, Naima
Sub-basin area
756,6km²
Upstream area
756,7km²
Discharge
0,3m³/s
Mean elev.
1 161m
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Gueltat Sidi SaadLaghouat · Algeria260.5 km²34.4% of basin
- 185.8 km²24.6% of basin
- Ain Sidi AliLaghouat · Algeria170.3 km²22.5% of basin
- 107.3 km²14.2% of basin
- Hadj MechriLaghouat · Algeria32.6 km²4.3% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Atlas Saharien
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
434.22 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 8 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°
14,1°C
Annual rain
287mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,76
Runoff
16mm/an
PET
1 208mm
AET
246mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
735cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)