HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080439280
Bassin · #1080439280
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
770,4km²
Upstream area
74 048,5km²
Discharge
43,09m³/s
Mean elev.
503m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10804346301202 km²
- Bassin · #1080434540959 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 653.1 km²85.0% of basin
- 115.1 km²15.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ahaggar
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
192.55 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°
27,0°C
Annual rain
22mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
12mm/an
PET
2 043mm
AET
14mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
241cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)