HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080509810
Bassin · #1080509810
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 : Kidal, Tin-Essako
Sub-basin area
630,8km²
Upstream area
630,8km²
Discharge
0,56m³/s
Mean elev.
489m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Tin-EssakoKidal · Mali433.9 km²69.0% of basin
- KidalKidal · Mali194.9 km²31.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 17 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°
28,5°C
Annual rain
123mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,94
Runoff
31mm/an
PET
2 107mm
AET
100mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
371cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)