HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081055900
Bassin de Nyong
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 : Mefou et Akono, Nyong et Kéllé, Nyong et So'o
Sub-basin area
353,9km²
Upstream area
20 111,2km²
Discharge
332,52m³/s
Mean elev.
680m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Akono595 km²
- Bassin de Nyong143 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 192.3 km²54.6% of basin
- 114.9 km²32.6% of basin
- 45.2 km²12.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
228 distinct species · 893 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°
23,8°C
Annual rain
1 841mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,18
Runoff
838mm/an
PET
1 507mm
AET
1 284mm
Mean slope
3,9°
Water table
100cm
Forest
57%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)