HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081040650
Bassin de Ekam
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 : Nkam, Sanaga Maritime
Sub-basin area
320,9km²
Upstream area
321,1km²
Discharge
14,39m³/s
Mean elev.
478m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 172.8 km²54.1% of basin
- 146.8 km²45.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
69 distinct species · 204 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
2 637mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,44
Runoff
1 396mm/an
PET
1 484mm
AET
1 218mm
Mean slope
11,8°
Water table
446cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)