HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080994600
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
293,8km²
Upstream area
14 867km²
Discharge
286,86m³/s
Mean elev.
714m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de MVE327 km²
- Bassin de Mbam61 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 176.2 km²60.2% of basin
- 116.4 km²39.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
21 distinct species · 27 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 766mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,06
Runoff
569mm/an
PET
1 654mm
AET
1 134mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
96cm
Forest
45%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)