Nyong River
| Mouth of the watercourse | Bight of Biafra  |
|---|---|
| Country | Cameroon |
| Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | Centre, Est |
| Coordinate location | 3°57′1″N 13°29′29″E, 3°15′36″N 9°54′24″E |
De Nyong (formerly German: Yong) be a river insyd Cameroon. De river dey flow approximately 690 kilometres (430 mi) to empty into de Gulf of Guinea.
Course
[edit | edit source]De Nyong dey originate 40 km (25 mi) east of de town of Abong-Mbang, wer de northern rain forest dey feed am.[1] De river ein length be almost parallel to de lower reaches of de Sanaga River. Ein mouth dey insyd Petit Batanga, 60 km (40 mi) south-southwest of Edéa.[2] Insyd two places, Mbalmayo den Déhané, de river get huge rapids. De first 400 km (250 mi) of de river, between Abong-Mbang den Mbalmayo, be navigable give small boats from April to November.
Hydrology
[edit | edit source]De flow of de river as dem measure at Déhané insyd m³/s:[3]
Transport
[edit | edit source]De town of Mbalmayo, wich get a railhead, dey lie on de north bank of dis river.[1] De towns of Akonolinga den Abong-Mbang sanso dey lie for ein top.
References
[edit | edit source]- 1 2 Runge, Jürgen (2012-05-30). Landscape Evolution, Neotectonics and Quaternary Environmental Change in Southern Cameroon: Palaeoecology of Africa Vol. 31, An International Yearbook of Landscape Evolution and Palaeoenvironments (in English). CRC Press. p. 157. ISBN 9780415677356.
- ↑ Office, United States Hydrographic (1952). Publications ... (in English). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 123.
- ↑ PDF about the Hydrology of Cameroon (french)
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