HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080348910
Bassin · #1080348910
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 : Bordj El Haouasse, Djanet, Tazrouk
Sub-basin area
983,4km²
Upstream area
983,6km²
Discharge
0,28m³/s
Mean elev.
1 148m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 616.8 km²62.9% of basin
- Bordj El HaouasseIllizi · Algeria237.6 km²24.2% of basin
- 126.7 km²12.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Ahaggar
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
613.41 km² overlap
Tassili N'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
367.69 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
22,9°C
Annual rain
23mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
24mm/an
PET
1 791mm
AET
16mm
Mean slope
4,3°
Water table
1 038cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)