HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080516280
Bassin · #1080516280
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
751,6km²
Upstream area
751,7km²
Discharge
0,12m³/s
Mean elev.
472m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 742.5 km²99.1% of basin
- 6.7 km²0.9% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Nature Reserve
586.27 km² overlap
Aïr et Ténéré
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
461.85 km² overlap
Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
461.85 km² overlap
Termit et Tin-Toumma
IUCN IVNature Reserve
162.93 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
27,1°C
Annual rain
32mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
5mm/an
PET
2 132mm
AET
22mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
164cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)