HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080173180
Bassin · #1080173180
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 : Erg Ferradj, Igli, Mechraa Houari Boumediene, Tabelbala
Sub-basin area
998,5km²
Upstream area
3 906,6km²
Discharge
2,06m³/s
Mean elev.
626m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080161800455 km²
- Bassin · #1080161730315 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 805.6 km²80.8% of basin
- 125.7 km²12.6% of basin
- 56.4 km²5.7% of basin
- 9.7 km²1.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 6 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°
23,0°C
Annual rain
38mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
7mm/an
PET
1 853mm
AET
29mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
227cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)