HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080975410
Bassin de Cross
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 : Ikom, Obubra
Sub-basin area
269km²
Upstream area
19 527,7km²
Discharge
1 062,93m³/s
Mean elev.
42m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Upkon746 km²
- Bassin de Cross River23 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 197.3 km²73.6% of basin
- 70.6 km²26.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 7 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°
27,4°C
Annual rain
2 147mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,22
Runoff
1 460mm/an
PET
1 678mm
AET
1 217mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
42cm
Forest
23%
Crops
38%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)