HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080605520
Bassin · #1080605520
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 : Tanout, Tchighozerine
Sub-basin area
751,9km²
Upstream area
752km²
Discharge
0,18m³/s
Mean elev.
488m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 655.4 km²87.5% of basin
- 93.8 km²12.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Gadabédji Biosphere Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
106.73 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
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,8°C
Annual rain
199mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,91
Runoff
11mm/an
PET
2 108mm
AET
164mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
147cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)