HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080503800
Bassin · #1080503800
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
1 055,9km²
Upstream area
1 056km²
Discharge
1,05m³/s
Mean elev.
560m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 intersecting protected areas
Aïr et Ténéré
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1052.62 km² overlap
Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1052.62 km² overlap
Gueltas et Oasis de l'Aïr
IUCN IbWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
794.21 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
209.56 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
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,7°C
Annual rain
32mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
34mm/an
PET
2 105mm
AET
22mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
519cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)