HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080097180
Bassin · #1080097180
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 Sekhouna, Madna, Sidi Abderrahmane
Sub-basin area
608,6km²
Upstream area
609km²
Discharge
0,33m³/s
Mean elev.
1 041m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Sidi AbderrahmaneTiaret · Algeria282.3 km²46.4% of basin
- 242.1 km²39.8% of basin
- 84.2 km²13.8% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Chott ech Chergui
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
321.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 23 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
338mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,71
Runoff
18mm/an
PET
1 161mm
AET
290mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
349cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)