HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080134840
Bassin · #1080134840
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 1 administrative regions : Ouarzazate
Sub-basin area
179,5km²
Upstream area
179,5km²
Discharge
0,79m³/s
Mean elev.
1 794m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Ouarzazate179.4 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Réserve de Biosphère des Oasis du Sud Marocain (RBOSM)
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
179.39 km² overlap
Alnif
IUCN Not ApplicablePermanent Hunting Reserve
5.21 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 19 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°
13,9°C
Annual rain
170mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
117mm/an
PET
1 493mm
AET
143mm
Mean slope
10,2°
Water table
867cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)