The Mbam River is the largest tributary of the
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 Rive ...
in
Cameroon
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. It has a total length of and has a total drainage basin of .
![Sanaga Mbam Rivers](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Sanaga_Mbam_Rivers.JPG)
It flows from the
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 pl ...
and receives the
Kim
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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
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