HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080423510
Bassin · #1080423510
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 : Chinguetti, Ouadane
Sub-basin area
754,2km²
Upstream area
2 061,4km²
Discharge
0,26m³/s
Mean elev.
348m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080429410465 km²
- Bassin · #1080429090148 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 729.4 km²97.0% of basin
- 22.6 km²3.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
28,5°C
Annual rain
31mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
5mm/an
PET
2 234mm
AET
21mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
250cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)