Logone Occidental (River)
Logone Occidental | ||
Course of the Logone Occidental in the catchment area of the Shari (center left) |
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Data | ||
location |
Cameroon Chad |
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River system | Shari | |
Drain over | Logone → Shari → Lake Chad | |
origin | The confluence of the Vina and the Mbéré 7 ° 45 ′ 20 ″ N , 15 ° 35 ′ 11 ″ E |
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Source height | 444 m | |
muzzle | Confluence with the Pendé to form the logone coordinates: 9 ° 5 ′ 20 ″ N , 16 ° 27 ′ 55 ″ E 9 ° 5 ′ 20 ″ N , 16 ° 27 ′ 55 ″ E |
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Mouth height | 375 m | |
Height difference | 69 m | |
Bottom slope | about 0.28 ‰ | |
length | about 250 km | |
Discharge at the Moundou A Eo gauge: 33,970 km² Location: around 100 km above the mouth |
NNQ (min. Month Ø) MNQ 1935–1985 MQ 1935–1985 Mq 1935–1985 MHQ 1935–1985 HHQ (max. Month Ø) |
9 m³ / s 32.8 m³ / s 367 m³ / s 10.8 l / (s km²) 1321 m³ / s 2036 m³ / s |
Right tributaries | Lim | |
Flowing lakes | Lac Ouei | |
Big cities | Moundou | |
Small towns | Baïbokoum | |
Satellite image of the city of Moundou with Lac Ouei to the west and the Logone Occidental. |
Many sources refer to a section of the Logone in central Africa as the Logone Occidental .
course
About 30 km north-northeast of the triangle between Cameroon , Chad and the Central African Republic , the Vina and the Mbéré unite on the border between Chad and Cameroon. The following section, about 250 km long, to the mouth of the Pendé , is, depending on the source, assigned to the Mbéré (sometimes also the Vina), but is usually referred to as the Logone Occidental (Western Logone). Sometimes the suffix Occidental is simply left out, since the Eastern Logone (Logone Oriental) is clearly defined by the name Pendé
Hydrometry
The flow rate of the river was measured in m³ / s at the Moundou station
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b GRDC - The Logone in Moundou (Logone Occidental)
- ^ Evaluation of hydrologique de l'Afrique Sub-saharienne, Pays de l'Afrique de l'Ouest.Retrieved on August 24, 2018
- ↑ PDF on the hydrology of Cameroon (French) Accessed August 24, 2018
- ↑ Excerpt from the German Colonial Lexicon (1920)
- ↑ Russian General Staff Maps - Map 500k c33-4
- ↑ Bassin du Lac Tchad: Gestion Durable de l'Eau. Interaction entre les eaux souterraines et les eaux de surface dans les plaines inondables du Bas-Logone