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
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
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)