HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081071830
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
9,8km²
Upstream area
15 477,5km²
Discharge
199,94m³/s
Mean elev.
620m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081070940731 km²
- Bassin de Dja191 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 5.1 km²52.3% of basin
- 4.6 km²47.7% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Dja
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve
3.16 km² overlap
Dja Faunal Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
3.10 km² overlap
Dja
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
2.13 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°
23,7°C
Annual rain
1 627mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,02
Runoff
418mm/an
PET
1 594mm
AET
1 272mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
58cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
32%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)