Mongoose (river)
| Mongoose | ||
 Catchment area of the mongoose |
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 Cameroon
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| River system | Mongoose | |
| origin | Confluence of streams in the Rumpibergen 4 ° 57 ′ 44 ″ N , 9 ° 23 ′ 19 ″ E |
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| Source height | 1755 m | |
| muzzle |
Wouri estuary , Bonny Bay Coordinates: 4 ° 3 ′ 14 " N , 9 ° 30 ′ 24" E 4 ° 3 ′ 14 " N , 9 ° 30 ′ 24" E |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 1755 m | |
| Bottom slope | 8.8 ‰ | |
| length | 200 km | |
| Catchment area | 4200 km² | |
| Discharge at the Mundame A Eo gauge : 2420 km² Location: about 80 km above the mouth |
NNQ (min. Month Ø) MNQ 1952-1977 MQ 1952-1977 Mq 1952-1977 MHQ 1952-1977 HHQ (max. Month Ø) |
22.4 m³ / s 43.3 m³ / s 164 m³ / s 67.8 l / (s km²) 350 m³ / s 494 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Kidde | |
| Medium-sized cities | Muyuka | |
 The mongoose, about 15 kilometers from the mouth |
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The mongoose is a river in Cameroon, Central Africa .
description
The river has its source in the Rumpibergen . From there it first flows east and then south to the Cameroon estuary . The mongoose has a water catchment area of around 4200 square kilometers. Its northern catchment area includes the Bakossi Mountains and Mount Kupe . Numerous crater lakes such as the Barombi Mbo , with their partly endemic fish stocks, supply the mongoose with water via smaller tributaries.
The west bank of the river belongs to the settlement area of the Oroko people , the northern water catchment area to the settlement area of the Bakossi .
Hydrometry
The flow rate of the river was measured in m³ / s in Mundame, about 80 km from the mouth.
additional
The river is mentioned in the text of the Cameroonian national anthem .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c PDF on the hydrology of Cameroon (French) Accessed July 25, 2018
- ↑ a b C.E. Gabche, SV Smith: Cameroon Estuarine Systems, 2006 ( Memento of the original from August 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon (1920), Volume II, Mungo, p. 600
- ↑ Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon (1920), Volume II, Cameroon Estuary, p. 219
- ↑ Ethelwynn Trewawas: Fishes of the Crater Lakes, Northwest Cameroon ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Bonn zoological contributions 13: 146-190 (PDF document, 4.13 MB) (English)
- ↑ Dug-Well Biological Water Quality in Kumba-Cameroon: GIS Evaluation and Seasonal Variation of a Pollution-Indicator (PDF document, 4.43 MB) (English)
