HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080413070
Bassin · #1080413070
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
339,6km²
Upstream area
19 473,6km²
Discharge
11,39m³/s
Mean elev.
142m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080411870451 km²
- Bassin · #1080411690264 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 199.7 km²59.0% of basin
- 71.3 km²21.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 4 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°
24,2°C
Annual rain
35mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
9mm/an
PET
1 718mm
AET
27mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
212cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)