HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081018050
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 3 administrative regions : Mbam et Inoubou, Mbam et Kim, Noun
Sub-basin area
2 526,7km²
Upstream area
25 428,5km²
Discharge
454,43m³/s
Mean elev.
791m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,8°C
Annual rain
1 806mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,11
Runoff
566mm/an
PET
1 598mm
AET
1 138mm
Mean slope
4,2°
Water table
171cm
Forest
55%
Crops
11%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)