HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080116410
Bassin de Oued Namous
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 : Moghrar, Tiout
Sub-basin area
150,6km²
Upstream area
2 942,5km²
Discharge
1,11m³/s
Mean elev.
1 117m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Oued Namous728 km²
- Bassin de Oued Namous160 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 140.2 km²93.1% of basin
- 10.3 km²6.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Atlas Saharien
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
150.56 km² overlap
Oasis de Moghrar et de Tiout
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
150.56 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
34 distinct species · 36 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°
17,3°C
Annual rain
160mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
34mm/an
PET
1 467mm
AET
136mm
Mean slope
6,2°
Water table
720cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)