HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080997810
Bassin de Mekie
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 : Lom et Djerem, Mbam et Kim
Sub-basin area
786,7km²
Upstream area
4 024,3km²
Discharge
49,23m³/s
Mean elev.
709m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mbi836 km²
- Bassin de Mekie532 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 778.2 km²99.4% of basin
- 5.1 km²0.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Mbam et Djerem
IUCN IINational Park
331.25 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
15 distinct species · 30 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°
24,1°C
Annual rain
1 546mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,06
Runoff
303mm/an
PET
1 645mm
AET
1 082mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
93cm
Forest
90%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
42%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)