HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080421970
Bassin · #1080421970
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 : Akjoujt, Atar, Nouadhibou
Sub-basin area
328,3km²
Upstream area
328,3km²
Discharge
0,03m³/s
Mean elev.
181m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 254.9 km²77.9% of basin
- 44.4 km²13.6% of basin
- 28.1 km²8.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 21 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°
26,2°C
Annual rain
51mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
3mm/an
PET
1 924mm
AET
39mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
360cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)