HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080287710
Bassin · #1080287710
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bir Moghreïn, Reggane, Tindouf
Sub-basin area
2 814,6km²
Upstream area
4 978,9km²
Discharge
0,02m³/s
Mean elev.
361m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080272280553 km²
- Bassin · #1080272420464 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1540.8 km²54.9% of basin
- 1245.6 km²44.3% of basin
- 22.6 km²0.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Tindouf
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
1303.64 km² overlap
Touat-Gourara-Tidikelt
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
38.96 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 18 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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
11mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-1,00
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
2 189mm
AET
6mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
278cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)