Department · CMR
Mezam
Cameroon
Species observed
1 912
Observations
12 635
Area
1 842,3km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Mezam : 32 espèces reliées par 33 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
1 912 distinct species · 12 635 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
19,4°C
Annual rain
3 057mm
Warmest m°
28,8°C
Coldest m°
13,5°C
Elevation: 1 434 m on average (min 571 m, max 2 497 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
5,3
Org. C
51,0g/kg
Clay
34,6%
Sand
33,4%
Silt
32,0%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology12 basins · 2 lakes · 11 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
161,1km
Lake surface here
0,36km²
Basins crossed
12
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
3 322km²
Discharge in basins
133,0m³/s
Mean precip.
2 125mm/an
Mean T°
21,3°C
Moisture idx
0,28
Mean runoff
1 099mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 280m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Menchumsub-area817,6 km²overlap568.12 km²31%
- Bassin de Movumsub-area401,5 km²overlap346.32 km²19%
- Bassin de Manondjangsub-area978 km²overlap326.06 km²18%
- Bassin de Momosub-area1 715,9 km²overlap182.47 km²10%
- Bassin de Nounsub-area2 328,5 km²overlap164.95 km²9%
- Bassin de Menchumsub-area1 155,7 km²overlap83.87 km²5%
- Bassin de Bakarasub-area2 094,5 km²overlap75.65 km²4%
- Bassin de Menchumsub-area66 km²overlap59.06 km²3%
- Bassin de Mugomsub-area392,8 km²overlap20.23 km²1%
Lakes (2, top by area)
Rivers / streams (11, ord ≥ 4)
- Menchumord 5len here62.00 km26%total234 km
- Mezamord 4len here32.92 km86%total38 km
- Nkwifoord 3len here16.99 km100%total17 km
- Movumord 3len here11.83 km64%total19 km
- Abiord 3len here10.57 km30%total35 km
- Ntuord 2len here8.44 km100%total8 km
- Nkambieord 1len here6.08 km100%total6 km
- Momoord 5len here5.46 km4%total136 km
- River Mezamord 2len here4.12 km44%total9 km
- Mentarord 5len here1.96 km2%total80 km
- Bakaraord 4len here0.75 km1%total104 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
3hab/km²
Night light
0,1nW
Built-up
229,1%
Pesticides
1,9kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)