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Mbam River
The Mbam River is the largest tributary of the Sanaga River in Cameroon. It has a total length of and has a total drainage basin of . It flows from the Adamawa Plateau and receives the Kim Kim or KIM may refer to: Names * Kim (given name) * Kim (surname) ** Kim (Korean surname) *** Kim family (other), several dynasties **** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948 ** Kim, Vietnamese f ... and Ndjim rivers on its left bank and later the Noun River at its right bank before its confluence with the Sanaga River.Shahin, Mamdouh. ''Hydrology and water resources of Africa'', 2002. File:Gallery Forrest Mbam.JPG, Gallery forest on an island of the Mbam river near Bafia (Cameroon) File:Guerima Ferry Mbam.JPG, Guerima ferry across the Mbam river near Bafia (Cameroon) File:Hippo trail.JPG, 'Hippo Trail' on the Mbam river File:Fleuve Mbam'.jpg, Mbam river seen from a pirogue References Rivers of Cameroon {{Cameroon-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanaga River
The Sanaga River (formerly german: Zannaga) is the largest river in Cameroon located in East Region, Centre Region and Littoral Region. Its length is about from the confluence of Djérem and Lom River. The total length of Sanaga-Djérem River system is about . Djerem is the longest source of Sanaga River with a total length of 464.5 km. Course The Sanaga River has its Source at the Adamawa Plateau. It is formed by the confluence of the Djérem River and Lom River in the north of the East Region. Djérem River has a total length of and Lom River has a total length of . Apart from those originating rivers, the largest tributary of Sanaga is Mbam River with a total length of . Climate The Sanaga River forms a boundary between two tropical moist forest ecoregions. The Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests lie to the north between the Sanaga River and the Cross River of Nigeria, and the Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests extend south of the river through southweste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Its nearly 27 million people speak 250 native languages. Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad, and the Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest. Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area ''Rio dos Camarões'' (''Shrimp River''), which became ''Cameroon'' in English. Fulani soldiers founded the Adamawa Emirate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanaga Mbam Rivers
Sanaga may refer to: * Sanaga River, a river in Cameroon * Sanaga-Maritime Sanaga-Maritime is a department of Littoral Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 9,311 km and as of 2001 had a total population of 167,661. The capital of the department lies at Édéa. Subdivisions The department is div ..., an administrative department in Cameroon * Sanaga, Republic of Buryatia, a town in Buryatia, Russia See also * Sanagau {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adamawa Plateau
The Adamawa Plateau (french: Massif de l'Adamaoua) is a plateau region in west-central Africa stretching from south-eastern Nigeria through north-central Cameroon ( Adamawa and North Provinces) to the Central African Republic. The part of the plateau that lies in Nigeria is more popularly known as Gotel Mountains. The Adamawa Plateau is the source of many waterways, including the Benue River. The average elevation is about 3,300 feet (1,000 meters), but elevations can reach as high as 8,700 feet (2,650 meters). It is important for its deposits of bauxite. The vegetation is mostly savanna. The endangered toad ''Amietophrynus djohongensis'' is known to exist in the wild only in the Cameroonian part of the Adamawa Plateau. The plateau is sparsely populated, and cattle raising is the main occupation in the area. The province and plateau were named after Fulani Muslim leader Modibo Adama Adama ɓii Ardo Hassana (1786 – 1847), more commonly known as Modibbo Adama, was a Fula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim River (Cameroon)
Kim is a river in the state of Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ..., western India, whose origin is in Zarna village and Zarnavadi village the hills of Satpura. Its drainage basin has a maximum length of . The total catchment area of the basin is . The creek (stream), creek runs near the village of Ilav (which has other spellings for its name, like 'Elaw'). See also * Forest of the Dangs * Indian Ocean * South Gujarat References Rivers of Gujarat {{India-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ndjim River
The Ndjim River is a river in Cameroon.Hydrology and Water Resources of Africa - M. Shahins pp. 396-397. It is a of the , and it is a part of the system. The river runs through Goura. S ...
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Noun River (Cameroon)
The Noun River is a river in the West Province of Cameroon. It arises at Lake Oku () and flows south, it is joined by the Monoun River and flows south in the valley between the mountains Ngotsetzezan and Mount Yahou.1:1,000,000 - International Map of the World U.S. Army Map ServiceSheet NB-32 (Douala) 2nd Ed., April 1962 It turns east at about 5° N latitude. Its mouth is at the Mbam River (), which itself is a tributary of the Sanaga River. It forms the boundary between the Bamiléké area and the Bamun area, and played a key role in the history of the Bamiléké people. The Noun River was dammed at Bamendjing in 1975 () creating a reservoir with the same name. At its maximum the reservoir is 32 km (20 mi) long and 27 km (17 mi) wide. Its surface area varies between 150 km2 (57.9 mi2) and 300 km2 (116 mi2).van der Knaap, Martin (1994) ''Status of fish stocks and fisheries of thirteen medium-sized African reservoirs'' CIFA technical p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
