HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080097860
Bassin · #1080097860
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 : Besbes, Chouaiba|Ouled Rahma
Sub-basin area
311,8km²
Upstream area
312,1km²
Discharge
0,38m³/s
Mean elev.
432m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- BesbesBiskra · Algeria280.3 km²89.9% of basin
- Chouaiba|Ouled RahmaBiskra · Algeria31.4 km²10.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Atlas Saharien
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
311.71 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°
18,3°C
Annual rain
151mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
40mm/an
PET
1 441mm
AET
129mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
630cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)