HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081072830
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
351,7km²
Upstream area
20 588,7km²
Discharge
234,16m³/s
Mean elev.
599m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Dja921 km²
- Bassin de Koumou518 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 217.2 km²62.0% of basin
- 132.9 km²38.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Dja
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
6.38 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
21 distinct species · 23 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°
23,5°C
Annual rain
1 618mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,01
Runoff
419mm/an
PET
1 635mm
AET
1 282mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
88cm
Forest
94%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)