HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080460840
Bassin · #1080460840
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, Tin Zaouatine
Sub-basin area
475,9km²
Upstream area
4 858,1km²
Discharge
1,43m³/s
Mean elev.
501m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080455480732 km²
- Bassin · #1080455590197 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 460.6 km²97.1% of basin
- 13.9 km²2.9% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ahaggar
IUCN Not ApplicableCultural Park
474.48 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
27,3°C
Annual rain
50mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
10mm/an
PET
2 075mm
AET
38mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
401cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)