HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080411870
Bassin · #1080411870
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 : Akjoujt, Nouadhibou
Sub-basin area
451,2km²
Upstream area
18 870,6km²
Discharge
11,44m³/s
Mean elev.
142m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10804105402046 km²
- Bassin · #108041055085 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 302.0 km²67.1% of basin
- 133.6 km²29.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 13 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
39mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
9mm/an
PET
1 755mm
AET
29mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
177cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)