HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080426910
Bassin · #1080426910
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 : Bordj Badji Mokhtar, Tessalit, Timiaouine
Sub-basin area
1 098,4km²
Upstream area
2 544km²
Discharge
0,93m³/s
Mean elev.
430m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080430630753 km²
- Bassin · #1080430540692 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- TessalitKidal · Mali822.1 km²75.1% of basin
- Bordj Badji MokhtarAdrar · Algeria272.7 km²24.9% of basin
- TimiaouineAdrar · Algeria0.6 km²0.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ahaggar
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
0.57 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
36 distinct species · 45 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°
28,4°C
Annual rain
48mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
15mm/an
PET
2 098mm
AET
37mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
132cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)