HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080111180
Bassin · #1080111180
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 : Boualem, Brezina, Ghassoul, Sidi Ameur, Sidi Tifour
Sub-basin area
1 078,4km²
Upstream area
1 078,4km²
Discharge
2,28m³/s
Mean elev.
1 197m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Sidi AmeurEl Bayadh · Algeria452.8 km²42.0% of basin
- 318.3 km²29.5% of basin
- Sidi TifourEl Bayadh · Algeria147.5 km²13.7% of basin
- 130.6 km²12.1% of basin
- 28.8 km²2.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Atlas Saharien
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
1077.92 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 9 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
214mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,84
Runoff
63mm/an
PET
1 327mm
AET
184mm
Mean slope
4,1°
Water table
1 036cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)