HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080056490
Bassin · #1080056490
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 : El Meniaa, Hassi Gara
Sub-basin area
1 144,1km²
Upstream area
1 144,1km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
407m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 681.4 km²59.6% of basin
- 461.6 km²40.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Sebkhet El Melah
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
51.19 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
15 distinct species · 35 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°
22,0°C
Annual rain
36mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
1 738mm
AET
28mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
462cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)