HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080969440
Bassin de Mbam
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 : Djerem, Mayo Banyo
Sub-basin area
286,9km²
Upstream area
4 111,6km²
Discharge
78,39m³/s
Mean elev.
951m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mbam1187 km²
- Bassin de Mbam1088 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 225.5 km²79.0% of basin
- 60.1 km²21.0% of basin
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°
23,2°C
Annual rain
1 694mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,01
Runoff
542mm/an
PET
1 669mm
AET
1 100mm
Mean slope
5,0°
Water table
232cm
Forest
83%
Crops
14%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)