HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080446600
Bassin · #1080446600
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 : Abeïbara, Tessalit, Timiaouine
Sub-basin area
618,2km²
Upstream area
618,2km²
Discharge
0,43m³/s
Mean elev.
591m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 614.4 km²99.7% of basin
- TessalitKidal · Mali2.0 km²0.3% of basin
- TimiaouineAdrar · Algeria0.1 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ahaggar
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
1.87 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
58 distinct species · 89 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°
27,6°C
Annual rain
61mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
23mm/an
PET
2 060mm
AET
48mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
522cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)