HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080105670
Bassin · #1080105670
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Douar El Ma, Faouar, Hazoua, Nefta, Tozeur
Sub-basin area
1 570,9km²
Upstream area
1 570,9km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
63m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Douar El MaEl Oued · Algeria955.8 km²60.9% of basin
- 235.5 km²15.0% of basin
- 223.5 km²14.2% of basin
- 142.5 km²9.1% of basin
- 13.0 km²0.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Chott Jrid
IUCN Not ReportedWetland Zone of National Importance
200.81 km² overlap
Chott Jrid
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
200.81 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 18 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°
21,6°C
Annual rain
69mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,96
Runoff
4mm/an
PET
1 616mm
AET
57mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
124cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)