HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080254750
Bassin de Oued Iskaouene
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 : Idles, Illizi
Sub-basin area
3 032,9km²
Upstream area
4 763km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
1 040m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Oued Idjelzahle1010 km²
- Bassin de Oued Irfouta720 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2138.6 km²70.6% of basin
- 888.6 km²29.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Tassili N'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
3027.16 km² overlap
Tassili N'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
3027.16 km² overlap
Tassili n'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
3020.19 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
22,5°C
Annual rain
29mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
4mm/an
PET
1 838mm
AET
22mm
Mean slope
5,2°
Water table
1 063cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)