HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080440670
Bassin · #1080440670
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 : In Guezzam, Tamenghasset
Sub-basin area
1 490,8km²
Upstream area
1 490,8km²
Discharge
0,34m³/s
Mean elev.
560m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1071.5 km²72.1% of basin
- 415.1 km²27.9% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ahaggar
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
1486.61 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 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°
26,6°C
Annual rain
26mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
8mm/an
PET
2 019mm
AET
18mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
361cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)