HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080425050
Bassin · #1080425050
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, In Guezzam, Tazrouk
Sub-basin area
1 065,2km²
Upstream area
12 655,2km²
Discharge
3,54m³/s
Mean elev.
590m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10804228902085 km²
- Bassin · #1080422900595 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 901.6 km²84.9% of basin
- 160.5 km²15.1% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ahaggar
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
196.86 km² overlap
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
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,4°C
Annual rain
17mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
13mm/an
PET
2 001mm
AET
8mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
348cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)