HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080449980
Bassin · #1080449980
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
380,2km²
Upstream area
77 942km²
Discharge
46,88m³/s
Mean elev.
447m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 3 basins
- Bassin · #10800481201862 km²
- Bassin · #1080446610768 km²
- Bassin · #1080446730552 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 194.2 km²51.2% of basin
- 185.0 km²48.8% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ahaggar
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
219.48 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°
27,4°C
Annual rain
27mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
10mm/an
PET
2 068mm
AET
18mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
206cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)