HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080385080
Bassin · #1080385080
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 : Arlit, Djanet, Tazrouk
Sub-basin area
1 557,3km²
Upstream area
1 557,3km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
669m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 814.5 km²52.4% of basin
- 683.1 km²44.0% of basin
- 55.7 km²3.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Ahaggar
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
715.57 km² overlap
Tassili N'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
147.23 km² overlap
Tassili N'Ajjer
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
79.85 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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
8mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-1,00
Runoff
0mm/an
PET
1 917mm
AET
2mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
370cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
9%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)