HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080286650
Bassin · #1080286650
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 : Djanet, Illizi
Sub-basin area
546,9km²
Upstream area
547km²
Discharge
0,09m³/s
Mean elev.
1 284m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 366.6 km²67.2% of basin
- 179.1 km²32.8% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Tassili N'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
545.74 km² overlap
Tassili N'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
545.74 km² overlap
Tassili n'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
545.74 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 6 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°
21,8°C
Annual rain
28mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
5mm/an
PET
1 715mm
AET
21mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
1 277cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)