HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080113170
Bassin de Oued Moulouya ⴰⵙⵉⴼ ⵏ ⵎⵍⵡⵢⵢⴰ وادي ملوية
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 3 administrative regions : Boulemane, Errachidia, Figuig
Sub-basin area
431,2km²
Upstream area
431,4km²
Discharge
0,48m³/s
Mean elev.
1 551m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Boulemane209.5 km²48.6% of basin
- Errachidia179.3 km²41.6% of basin
- 42.1 km²9.8% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Missour et Outat El Haj
IUCN Not ApplicablePermanent Hunting Reserve
257.15 km² overlap
Réserve de Biosphère des Oasis du Sud Marocain (RBOSM)
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
136.30 km² overlap
Jbel Taghioult
IUCN Not ApplicableBiological and Ecological Interest Site
101.04 km² overlap
Jbek Grouz Jbel Maiz
IUCN Not ApplicablePermanent Hunting Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
26 distinct species · 78 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°
14,3°C
Annual rain
249mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,82
Runoff
30mm/an
PET
1 370mm
AET
212mm
Mean slope
7,9°
Water table
778cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
68%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)