HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080510560
Bassin · #1080510560
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 3 administrative regions : Kidal, Tessalit, Tin-Essako
Sub-basin area
2 930,6km²
Upstream area
2 930,6km²
Discharge
2,91m³/s
Mean elev.
441m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- KidalKidal · Mali2436.6 km²83.4% of basin
- TessalitKidal · Mali365.4 km²12.5% of basin
- Tin-EssakoKidal · Mali119.4 km²4.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
44 distinct species · 99 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°
28,9°C
Annual rain
112mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,95
Runoff
34mm/an
PET
2 119mm
AET
89mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
304cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)