HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080053750
Bassin · #1080053750
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 : Fenoughil, In Zghmir, Sali, Tamest, Zaouiet Kounta
Sub-basin area
703,5km²
Upstream area
703,7km²
Discharge
0,01m³/s
Mean elev.
326m
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 245.9 km²35.0% of basin
- 165.2 km²23.5% of basin
- Zaouiet KountaAdrar · Algeria156.6 km²22.3% of basin
- 77.9 km²11.1% of basin
- 56.7 km²8.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Touat-Gourara-Tidikelt
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
702.31 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°
25,8°C
Annual rain
11mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
0mm/an
PET
2 051mm
AET
4mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
334cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)