HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081002060
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
257,1km²
Upstream area
16 354km²
Discharge
314,23m³/s
Mean elev.
706m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mfu1230 km²
- Bassin de Mbam294 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 163.1 km²63.7% of basin
- 92.9 km²36.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
24,4°C
Annual rain
1 760mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,07
Runoff
540mm/an
PET
1 636mm
AET
1 137mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
128cm
Forest
35%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)