HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080478470
Bassin · #1080478470
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, Tidjikja
Sub-basin area
622,1km²
Upstream area
19 300,4km²
Discharge
3,08m³/s
Mean elev.
240m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10804737202509 km²
- Bassin · #1080473520794 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 397.7 km²64.1% of basin
- 222.5 km²35.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 26 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°
28,7°C
Annual rain
92mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,96
Runoff
6mm/an
PET
2 092mm
AET
74mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
593cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)