HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080091230
Bassin de Oued Maghnia
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 6 administrative regions : Ben Srour, Djebel Messaad, El Houamed, Khoubana, M'Cif +1
Sub-basin area
331,5km²
Upstream area
331,5km²
Discharge
0,28m³/s
Mean elev.
695m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- El HouamedM'Sila · Algeria209.7 km²63.3% of basin
- 52.3 km²15.8% of basin
- 39.6 km²11.9% of basin
- 22.4 km²6.8% of basin
- Djebel MessaadM'Sila · Algeria7.4 km²2.2% of basin
- Mohamed BoudiafM'Sila · Algeria0.0 km²0.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Atlas Saharien
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
321.99 km² overlap
Chott el Hodna
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1.68 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 15 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°
15,6°C
Annual rain
209mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,84
Runoff
28mm/an
PET
1 291mm
AET
180mm
Mean slope
4,5°
Water table
761cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)