HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081070930
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 2 administrative regions : Dja et Lobo, Haut Nyong
Sub-basin area
191km²
Upstream area
14 736,7km²
Discharge
190,48m³/s
Mean elev.
638m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ondja'a333 km²
- Bassin de Dja44 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 175.4 km²92.2% of basin
- 14.8 km²7.8% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Dja
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
70.04 km² overlap
Dja Faunal Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
68.89 km² overlap
Dja
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve
68.20 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
23,6°C
Annual rain
1 630mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,03
Runoff
417mm/an
PET
1 587mm
AET
1 271mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
65cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
36%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)