HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080102630
Bassin · #1080102630
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 : El Biod, El Kheither
Sub-basin area
127,3km²
Upstream area
2 984,3km²
Discharge
0,38m³/s
Mean elev.
1 035m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10801032101878 km²
- Bassin · #1080103220281 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 126.5 km²99.4% of basin
- El KheitherEl Bayadh · Algeria0.8 km²0.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Chott ech Chergui
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
115.65 km² overlap
Atlas Saharien
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
0.15 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
15,3°C
Annual rain
247mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,80
Runoff
6mm/an
PET
1 249mm
AET
212mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
264cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)