HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080988990
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 2 administrative regions : Mbam et Kim, Noun
Sub-basin area
60,7km²
Upstream area
14 246,2km²
Discharge
276,01m³/s
Mean elev.
717m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de NGE354 km²
- Bassin de Maalap318 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 51.2 km²84.8% of basin
- 9.2 km²15.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
1 746mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,05
Runoff
572mm/an
PET
1 663mm
AET
1 129mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
91cm
Forest
24%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)