HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080229310
Bassin de Oued Essouf Melleh
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 : Bordj Omar Driss, Idles
Sub-basin area
1 619,4km²
Upstream area
12 806,4km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
519m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Oued Amarrakou4236 km²
- Bassin de Oued Tiedaf805 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Bordj Omar DrissIllizi · Algeria1315.3 km²81.4% of basin
- 301.4 km²18.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Tassili N'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
138.00 km² overlap
Tassili N'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
0.90 km² overlap
Tassili n'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
0.64 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
19mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
0mm/an
PET
1 937mm
AET
11mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
553cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)