HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080997600
Bassin de Mérou
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, Lom et Djerem
Sub-basin area
1 406,6km²
Upstream area
1 406,6km²
Discharge
15,88m³/s
Mean elev.
781m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1112.5 km²79.4% of basin
- 288.0 km²20.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Mbam et Djerem
IUCN IINational Park
360.71 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 40 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°
23,7°C
Annual rain
1 569mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,06
Runoff
356mm/an
PET
1 666mm
AET
1 082mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
135cm
Forest
47%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
26%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)