HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080371130
Bassin de Azrou
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 : Tamenghasset, Tazrouk
Sub-basin area
531,5km²
Upstream area
1 866,8km²
Discharge
1,99m³/s
Mean elev.
1 015m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Oued Tamekkendout681 km²
- Bassin de Azrou654 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 278.9 km²52.6% of basin
- 251.3 km²47.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ahaggar
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
530.17 km² overlap
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°
23,4°C
Annual rain
26mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
28mm/an
PET
1 841mm
AET
19mm
Mean slope
4,3°
Water table
766cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)