HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081060960
Bassin de Dja
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 1 administrative regions : Haut Nyong
Sub-basin area
181,7km²
Upstream area
2 734,9km²
Discharge
31,79m³/s
Mean elev.
683m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Dja1802 km²
- Bassin de Ndjoo751 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 180.9 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Dja
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve
93.97 km² overlap
Dja
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
92.25 km² overlap
Dja Faunal Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
90.59 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 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°
23,2°C
Annual rain
1 638mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,04
Runoff
375mm/an
PET
1 565mm
AET
1 247mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
96cm
Forest
94%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
52%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)