HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080465930
Bassin de Amachegh
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 1 administrative regions : Arlit
Sub-basin area
41,1km²
Upstream area
3 179,4km²
Discharge
2,47m³/s
Mean elev.
585m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080464690156 km²
- Bassin de Amachegh7 km²
3 intersecting protected areas
Nature Reserve
5.97 km² overlap
Aïr et Ténéré
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
4.39 km² overlap
Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
4.39 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°
26,8°C
Annual rain
32mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
23mm/an
PET
2 061mm
AET
21mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
119cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
15%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)