Nana (Mambéré)

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Nana
The northern catchment area of ​​the Sangha with the Nana (top right)

The northern catchment area of ​​the Sangha with the Nana (top right)

Data
location Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Central African Republic
Nana-Mambéré
River system Congo
Drain over Mambéré  → Sangha  → Congo  → Atlantic
source In the highlands of JADE
6 ° 39 '39 "  N , 15 ° 10' 1"  O
Source height 1200  m
muzzle at Carnot in the Mambéré coordinates: 4 ° 58 ′ 57 "  N , 15 ° 49 ′ 51"  E 4 ° 58 ′ 57 "  N , 15 ° 49 ′ 51"  E
Mouth height 456  m
Height difference 744 m
Bottom slope 2.7 ‰
length 276 km
Discharge at the Bewiti
A Eo gauge : 4370 km² 		MQ
Mq
 		57 m³ / s
13 l / (s km²)
Right tributaries Fashion; Niouoy

The Nana is a river in the Central African Republic .

course

The river has its sources in the highlands of Jadé , about 25 km east of the border with Cameroon and about 60 km southwest of the city of Bocaranga at an altitude of 1200 meters. It initially flows south and has a steep gradient (around 500 meters in altitude over 100 km, around 5 ‰). Then it changes direction about 50 km west of the city of Bouar when it passes the state road RN3 , and meanders from there to the southeast. It flows into the Mambéré 5 kilometers north of the city of Carnot .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the German colonial dictionary under "Nana"
  2. ↑ a b PDF Evaluation Hydrologique de l'Afrique Sub-Saharienne Pays de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (French) Accessed July 30, 2018
  3. ↑ PDF on the hydrology of Central Africa (French), accessed July 30, 2018