HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080986930
Bassin · #1080986930
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, Mbam et Kim
Sub-basin area
455,6km²
Upstream area
455,6km²
Discharge
6,04m³/s
Mean elev.
787m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 329.7 km²72.7% of basin
- 123.9 km²27.3% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Mbam et Djerem
IUCN IINational Park
453.67 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
23,9°C
Annual rain
1 602mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,04
Runoff
416mm/an
PET
1 661mm
AET
1 080mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
167cm
Forest
13%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)