HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081073470
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
96,1km²
Upstream area
18 467,5km²
Discharge
228,17m³/s
Mean elev.
584m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Long466 km²
- Bassin de Dja63 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 55.9 km²58.4% of basin
- 39.8 km²41.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Dja
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
53.44 km² overlap
Dja Faunal Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
43.87 km² overlap
Dja
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve
23.99 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 4 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 615mm
AET
1 272mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
90cm
Forest
95%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
25%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)