HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080279630
Bassin · #1080279630
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 1 administrative regions : Illizi
Sub-basin area
539,2km²
Upstream area
3 075,3km²
Discharge
0,04m³/s
Mean elev.
718m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080281610546 km²
- Bassin · #108028141079 km²
3 intersecting protected areas
Tassili N'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
412.02 km² overlap
Tassili N'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
388.33 km² overlap
Tassili n'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
387.97 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
13mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
3mm/an
PET
1 847mm
AET
7mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
438cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
72%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)