HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080126770
Bassin · #1080126770
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 : El Borma, Hassi Messaoud
Sub-basin area
3 590,6km²
Upstream area
3 590,6km²
Discharge
0,34m³/s
Mean elev.
156m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2727.2 km²76.0% of basin
- Hassi MessaoudOuargla · Algeria860.4 km²24.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
19 distinct species · 23 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°
22,4°C
Annual rain
40mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
1 790mm
AET
32mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
113cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)