HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080355800
Bassin · #1080355800
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, Tazrouk
Sub-basin area
62,4km²
Upstream area
8 420km²
Discharge
0,47m³/s
Mean elev.
705m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080354430819 km²
- Bassin · #1080354400266 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 35.4 km²56.8% of basin
- 26.9 km²43.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Tassili N'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
62.28 km² overlap
Tassili N'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
36.80 km² overlap
Ahaggar
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
25.48 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
25,1°C
Annual rain
7mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-1,00
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
1 881mm
AET
2mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
186cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)