HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080971420
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 3 administrative regions : Djerem, Mayo Banyo, Mbam et Kim
Sub-basin area
374,6km²
Upstream area
5 564,4km²
Discharge
105,36m³/s
Mean elev.
930m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mbam1078 km²
- Bassin de Mbam287 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 269.4 km²72.2% of basin
- 57.4 km²15.4% of basin
- 46.2 km²12.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
23,4°C
Annual rain
1 687mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,02
Runoff
529mm/an
PET
1 659mm
AET
1 098mm
Mean slope
4,5°
Water table
190cm
Forest
28%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)