HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081041200
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 2 administrative regions : Nyong et Kéllé, Sanaga Maritime
Sub-basin area
116,8km²
Upstream area
128 703,4km²
Discharge
1 770,69m³/s
Mean elev.
354m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sanaga1210 km²
- Bassin · #1081040780821 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 59.5 km²51.2% of basin
- 56.8 km²48.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 4 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°
25,3°C
Annual rain
2 173mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,29
Runoff
745mm/an
PET
1 538mm
AET
1 239mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
125cm
Forest
91%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)