HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080522220
Bassin · #1080522220
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, Ménaka, Tin-Essako
Sub-basin area
272,3km²
Upstream area
272,4km²
Discharge
0,27m³/s
Mean elev.
451m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- KidalKidal · Mali267.1 km²98.4% of basin
- 3.3 km²1.2% of basin
- Tin-EssakoKidal · Mali1.1 km²0.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 14 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°
28,8°C
Annual rain
133mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,94
Runoff
32mm/an
PET
2 117mm
AET
108mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
282cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)