HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080056670
Bassin · #1080056670
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 3 administrative regions : Ain Ben Khelil, El Biod, Makman Ben Amer
Sub-basin area
517,1km²
Upstream area
517,1km²
Discharge
0,13m³/s
Mean elev.
1 103m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 252.2 km²48.8% of basin
- 169.7 km²32.8% of basin
- 95.0 km²18.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Atlas Saharien
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
373.91 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
15,8°C
Annual rain
264mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,80
Runoff
9mm/an
PET
1 327mm
AET
225mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
449cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)