Doumé (river)
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Doumé Dume |
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 The northern catchment area of the Sangha with the Doume (center left) |
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 Cameroon
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| River system | Congo | |
| Drain over | Kadéï → Sangha → Congo → Atlantic | |
| source | about 25 km north of the town of Doumé 4 ° 27 ′ 15 ″ N , 13 ° 26 ′ 45 ″ E |
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| Source height | 696 m | |
| muzzle | In the city Mindourou coordinates: 4 ° 7 '49 " N , 14 ° 34' 25" O 4 ° 7 '49 " N , 14 ° 34' 25" O |
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| Mouth height | 587 m | |
| Height difference | 109 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.61 ‰ | |
| length | 180 km | |
| Discharge at the Doumé A Eo gauge : 515 km² Location: 127 km above the mouth |
NNQ (min. Month Ø) MNQ 1945–1981 MQ 1945–1981 Mq 1945–1981 MHQ 1945–1981 HHQ (max. Month Ø) |
600 l / s 3.7 m³ / s 6.2 m³ / s 12 l / (s km²) 10.7 m³ / s 20 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Touki | |
| Right tributaries | Mbang | |
The Doumé is a river in Cameroon .
course
It rises about 25 km north of the city of Doumé, in the Haut-Nyong district , in the province of Est . After he described an arc to the west, he flows through the city of Doumé. From then on, it heads east until, after another 130 km, it joins the Kadéï at Mindourou . The Doumé has only a slight gradient and is similar to other rivers that arise on the South Cameroonian plateau around Abong-Mbang (the Njemplatte ), including the Nyong and Boumba .
It is navigable with boats from Doumé. Its main tributaries are the Touki, over 90 km long, on the left, and the Mbang, around 60 km long, on the right.
Hydrometry
The flow rate of the river was measured in Doumé , in the uppermost part of its catchment area, in m³ / s
