HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080315040
Bassin de Tafasaset
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 : Bordj El Haouasse
Sub-basin area
1 526,2km²
Upstream area
1 526,2km²
Discharge
0,21m³/s
Mean elev.
1 293m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Bordj El HaouasseIllizi · Algeria1522.9 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Tassili N'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
1522.91 km² overlap
Tassili N'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1012.92 km² overlap
Tassili n'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
422.70 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 7 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°
22,0°C
Annual rain
30mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
6mm/an
PET
1 754mm
AET
23mm
Mean slope
3,5°
Water table
1 077cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
67%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)