HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080988100
Bassin de Aua
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 : Akamkpa, Etung, Manyu
Sub-basin area
727,2km²
Upstream area
727,2km²
Discharge
41,93m³/s
Mean elev.
254m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 338.3 km²46.7% of basin
- 312.5 km²43.2% of basin
- 73.3 km²10.1% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Cross River
IUCN IINational Park
233.08 km² overlap
Oban Group
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
84.64 km² overlap
Oban Group
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
84.64 km² overlap
Cross River South
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
33.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
303 distinct species · 478 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Aua : 33 espèces reliées par 38 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 5.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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°
25,7°C
Annual rain
2 616mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,38
Runoff
1 814mm/an
PET
1 609mm
AET
1 277mm
Mean slope
6,4°
Water table
226cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
62%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)