HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080174790
Bassin · #1080174790
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 across 2 countries : Ouarzazate, Oum El Assel
Sub-basin area
155,5km²
Upstream area
155,5km²
Discharge
0,22m³/s
Mean elev.
598m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Ouarzazate112.9 km²72.7% of basin
- Oum El AsselTindouf · Algeria42.4 km²27.3% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Réserve de Biosphère des Oasis du Sud Marocain (RBOSM)
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
112.77 km² overlap
Tamagroute
IUCN Not ApplicablePermanent Hunting Reserve
82.56 km² overlap
Tindouf
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
40.75 km² overlap
Iriqui
IUCN Not ApplicablePermanent Hunting Reserve
33.67 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
24,0°C
Annual rain
35mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
44mm/an
PET
1 988mm
AET
26mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
551cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
26%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)