HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080245640
Bassin de Oued Amarrakou
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, Illizi
Sub-basin area
4 236,4km²
Upstream area
4 236,4km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
756m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 3111.5 km²73.6% of basin
- Bordj Omar DrissIllizi · Algeria1117.0 km²26.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Tassili N'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
3151.65 km² overlap
Tassili n'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
2498.21 km² overlap
Tassili N'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
2493.33 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 17 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°
23,8°C
Annual rain
21mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
1 903mm
AET
14mm
Mean slope
7,0°
Water table
863cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
59%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)