HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080196480
Bassin · #1080196480
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 3 administrative regions : Foggaret Azzouia, Hassi Messaoud, In Salah
Sub-basin area
1 707,5km²
Upstream area
1 707,9km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
593m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1130.8 km²66.3% of basin
- 448.6 km²26.3% of basin
- Hassi MessaoudOuargla · Algeria125.6 km²7.4% of basin
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°
22,6°C
Annual rain
30mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
3mm/an
PET
1 846mm
AET
21mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
956cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)