HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080093080
Bassin · #1080093080
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 : Faidja, Zmalet El Emir Abdelkader
Sub-basin area
599,5km²
Upstream area
599,6km²
Discharge
0,27m³/s
Mean elev.
1 012m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 471.2 km²78.6% of basin
- Zmalet El Emir AbdelkaderTiaret · Algeria128.3 km²21.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Atlas Saharien
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
147.83 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 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°
14,7°C
Annual rain
308mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,74
Runoff
18mm/an
PET
1 191mm
AET
265mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
586cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)