HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080516270
Bassin · #1080516270
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 : Arlit, Tchighozerine
Sub-basin area
340,4km²
Upstream area
5 094,7km²
Discharge
5,57m³/s
Mean elev.
475m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10805200201323 km²
- Bassin de Baouet648 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 290.2 km²85.6% of basin
- 49.0 km²14.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Aïr et Ténéré
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
339.26 km² overlap
Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
339.26 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
333.46 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°
27,0°C
Annual rain
31mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
6mm/an
PET
2 132mm
AET
21mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
163cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)