HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080358010
Bassin · #1080358010
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 : Chinguetti, Goundam, Ouadane
Sub-basin area
1 282,1km²
Upstream area
1 282,1km²
Discharge
0,04m³/s
Mean elev.
318m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 818.4 km²64.0% of basin
- 254.4 km²19.9% of basin
- 206.1 km²16.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
28,0°C
Annual rain
17mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
2 258mm
AET
10mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
202cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)