HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080121130
Bassin · #1080121130
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 : Benaceur, Douar El Ma, El Borma, Hassi Messaoud, Taibet
Sub-basin area
1 039,7km²
Upstream area
22 102,5km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
137m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080126220932 km²
- Bassin · #1080126160348 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Hassi MessaoudOuargla · Algeria421.7 km²40.6% of basin
- 369.3 km²35.5% of basin
- 192.8 km²18.6% of basin
- Douar El MaEl Oued · Algeria47.9 km²4.6% of basin
- 7.4 km²0.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
22,0°C
Annual rain
48mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
1 735mm
AET
38mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
158cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)