HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080159060
Bassin · #1080159060
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Erg Ferradj, Errachidia, Igli, Mechraa Houari Boumediene
Sub-basin area
1 662,4km²
Upstream area
1 662,5km²
Discharge
1,08m³/s
Mean elev.
792m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1140.1 km²68.6% of basin
- 301.6 km²18.2% of basin
- 219.1 km²13.2% of basin
- Errachidia0.0 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Rissani
IUCN Not ApplicablePermanent Hunting Reserve
0.41 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 8 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°
21,4°C
Annual rain
62mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,96
Runoff
23mm/an
PET
1 747mm
AET
50mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
532cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)