HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081040660
Bassin de Sanaga
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 4 administrative regions : Lekié, Mefou et Akono, Nyong et Kéllé, Sanaga Maritime
Sub-basin area
1 209,8km²
Upstream area
127 766,1km²
Discharge
1 754,41m³/s
Mean elev.
528m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Liwa1902 km²
- Bassin de Ngobo750 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 489.6 km²40.7% of basin
- 453.6 km²37.7% of basin
- 227.7 km²18.9% of basin
- 33.6 km²2.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
592 distinct species · 3 810 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°
24,6°C
Annual rain
1 974mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,22
Runoff
658mm/an
PET
1 537mm
AET
1 232mm
Mean slope
5,6°
Water table
219cm
Forest
92%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)