HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080434540
Bassin · #1080434540
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 across 2 countries : Arlit, In Guezzam
Sub-basin area
959,1km²
Upstream area
72 076,3km²
Discharge
40,21m³/s
Mean elev.
529m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ti-n-Târabîne2391 km²
- Bassin · #1080424750467 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 644.9 km²67.4% of basin
- 311.5 km²32.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ahaggar
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
417.85 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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°
26,8°C
Annual rain
19mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
12mm/an
PET
2 026mm
AET
12mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
259cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)