HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080118240
Bassin · #1080118240
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 : Benaceur, Hassi Messaoud, Taibet
Sub-basin area
870,7km²
Upstream area
47 296,6km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
135m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10801256301926 km²
- Bassin · #1080125700154 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Hassi MessaoudOuargla · Algeria423.5 km²48.7% of basin
- 364.1 km²41.8% of basin
- 82.5 km²9.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
21,9°C
Annual rain
49mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
1 729mm
AET
40mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
175cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)