HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080170590
Bassin · #1080170590
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
486,1km²
Upstream area
486,4km²
Discharge
0,75m³/s
Mean elev.
692m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Ouarzazate485.5 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Tamagroute
IUCN Not ApplicablePermanent Hunting Reserve
485.53 km² overlap
Réserve de Biosphère des Oasis du Sud Marocain (RBOSM)
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
485.53 km² overlap
Oued Mird
IUCN Not ApplicableBiological and Ecological Interest Site
133.72 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 10 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°
23,2°C
Annual rain
42mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
44mm/an
PET
1 935mm
AET
31mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
538cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
60%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)