HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080245880
Bassin · #1080245880
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 : In Zghmir, Oum El Assel, Sali, Zaouiet Kounta
Sub-basin area
639,9km²
Upstream area
640km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
416m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Oum El AsselTindouf · Algeria237.3 km²37.1% of basin
- 203.6 km²31.9% of basin
- 185.4 km²29.0% of basin
- Zaouiet KountaAdrar · Algeria12.6 km²2.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Touat-Gourara-Tidikelt
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
430.64 km² overlap
Tindouf
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
208.17 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
25,7°C
Annual rain
10mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-1,00
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
2 081mm
AET
4mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
650cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)