HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081059710
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 Afamba, Mefou et Akono, Nyong et So'o
Sub-basin area
495,7km²
Upstream area
14 645,8km²
Discharge
202,41m³/s
Mean elev.
677m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Méfou807 km²
- Bassin de Nyong125 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 332.9 km²67.5% of basin
- 160.6 km²32.5% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Zone Humide d'Ebogo
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
9.59 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 836 distinct species · 7 053 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Nyong : 24 espèces reliées par 22 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,9°C
Annual rain
1 716mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,11
Runoff
690mm/an
PET
1 534mm
AET
1 269mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
64cm
Forest
71%
Crops
0%
Urban
5%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)