HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080443580
Bassin · #1080443580
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
247,2km²
Upstream area
75 195,5km²
Discharge
43,81m³/s
Mean elev.
493m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10804394401138 km²
- Bassin · #1080439280770 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 246.3 km²99.9% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ahaggar
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
6.12 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°
27,1°C
Annual rain
24mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
12mm/an
PET
2 051mm
AET
15mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
356cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)