HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080480370
Bassin de Zagado
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
2 048,2km²
Upstream area
2 048,2km²
Discharge
0,81m³/s
Mean elev.
948m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 intersecting protected areas
Aïr et Ténéré
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
2041.92 km² overlap
Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
2041.92 km² overlap
Gueltas et Oasis de l'Aïr
IUCN IbWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
2041.92 km² overlap
Addax Sanctuary
IUCN IaStrict Nature Reserve
24.84 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
24.84 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
107 distinct species · 203 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 10 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Zagado : 7 espèces reliées par 7 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 15.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,7°C
Annual rain
43mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
32mm/an
PET
1 997mm
AET
33mm
Mean slope
5,4°
Water table
1 006cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)