List of rivers in Cameroon
This is a list of the rivers in Cameroon . Basically, Cameroon is divided into four large catchment areas (in addition to various coastal rivers). The watershed of these four major catchment areas is in the Adamaua highlands . In a northeasterly direction, the "northern" Vina and the Mbéré drain into the Chad Basin . The "southern" Vina and Lom , which drain into the Sanaga, flow in a southerly direction . In the north of the highlands the Benue , and in the north-west of the Faro , a tributary of the Benue, has its headwaters that flow into the Niger system . In addition, there is the Kadéï , which drains over the Sangha in a southeastern direction into the Congo .
Coastal rivers
Cross River and Rio del Rey Estuary
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Cross River
- Kidde
- Akpa Yafi
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Meme River
- Uwe
- N'dian
- Akpa Korum
Cameroon estuary
More coastal rivers
- Lobé
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Nyong
- Trowel
- Com
- Mfoumou
- Afamba
- Ato
- Mefou
- Akono
- Liyeke
- Long Mafok
- Soo
- Soumou
- Kama
- Ntem
- Lokoundjé
Sanaga (outflow into the Atlantic )
Benue (outflow into the Niger )
Sangha (drain into the Congo )
Ivindo (drain into the Ogooué )
- Ivindo (here Aïna or Ayina)
Shari (runoff into Lake Chad )
Further Lake Chad tributaries
Catchment area distribution of the country in percent
| Rivers | percent |
|---|---|
| Cross River | 2.8 |
| Northern coastal rivers (Ndian, Meme, Mungo, Wouri, ...) | 6.8 |
| Sanaga | 28.6 |
| Southern coastal rivers (Nyong, Lobe, Lokoundje, ...) | 8.1 |
| Ntem | 3.9 |
| Ivindo | 1.7 |
| Sangha, Kadéï and Dja | 20.4 |
| Benue tributaries in the west (Metchum, Katsina Ala, Donga) | 2.2 |
| Benue and its northern tributaries | 17.3 |
| Logone tributaries (Vina and Mbéré) | 4.3 |
| Further Lake Chad tributaries | 3.9 |