HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080108330
Bassin · #1080108330
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 6 administrative regions : Ain Ben Khelil, Ain Safra, El Biod, Mecheria, Naama +1
Sub-basin area
968,4km²
Upstream area
968,4km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
1 192m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 852.8 km²88.1% of basin
- 82.3 km²8.5% of basin
- 23.5 km²2.4% of basin
- 8.7 km²0.9% of basin
- 0.6 km²0.1% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Atlas Saharien
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
965.02 km² overlap
Oasis de Moghrar et de Tiout
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 17 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°
16,1°C
Annual rain
234mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,83
Runoff
11mm/an
PET
1 367mm
AET
200mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
657cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)