HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080987950
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Boki, Etung, Manyu
Sub-basin area
582,9km²
Upstream area
14 845,2km²
Discharge
818,89m³/s
Mean elev.
120m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Munaya274 km²
- Bassin de Cross River210 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 263.6 km²45.4% of basin
- 162.1 km²27.9% of basin
- 154.7 km²26.7% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Cross River North
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
97.89 km² overlap
Cross River
IUCN IINational Park
2.55 km² overlap
Cross River South
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
278 distinct species · 806 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 21 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Cross : 15 espèces reliées par 22 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,7°C
Annual rain
2 444mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,32
Runoff
1 689mm/an
PET
1 668mm
AET
1 256mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
67cm
Forest
94%
Crops
1%
Urban
2%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)