HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081042240
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
506,6km²
Upstream area
130 117,3km²
Discharge
1 795,85m³/s
Mean elev.
410m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sanaga908 km²
- Bassin de Sanaga117 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 339.0 km²67.2% of basin
- 165.4 km²32.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 7 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°
25,0°C
Annual rain
2 318mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,34
Runoff
857mm/an
PET
1 517mm
AET
1 233mm
Mean slope
6,7°
Water table
251cm
Forest
100%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)