HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081073330
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
62,6km²
Upstream area
17 905,9km²
Discharge
226,16m³/s
Mean elev.
581m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ndja318 km²
- Bassin de Fé276 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 38.9 km²62.3% of basin
- 23.5 km²37.7% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Dja
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
38.34 km² overlap
Dja Faunal Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
36.60 km² overlap
Dja
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve
34.31 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 619mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,00
Runoff
423mm/an
PET
1 613mm
AET
1 273mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
84cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
55%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)