HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080380710
Bassin · #1080380710
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
261,3km²
Upstream area
3 843km²
Discharge
0,67m³/s
Mean elev.
768m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080380340397 km²
- Bassin de Azrou130 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 194.0 km²74.4% of basin
- 66.6 km²25.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ahaggar
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
260.59 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 3 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°
25,0°C
Annual rain
20mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
10mm/an
PET
1 917mm
AET
12mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
647cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)