HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080457030
Bassin · #1080457030
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 : Chinguetti, Tichitt
Sub-basin area
176,6km²
Upstream area
8 185,5km²
Discharge
1,18m³/s
Mean elev.
357m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080457380885 km²
- Bassin · #108045750027 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 126.9 km²72.0% of basin
- 49.2 km²28.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 17 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°
28,2°C
Annual rain
70mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
4mm/an
PET
2 091mm
AET
55mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
126cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)