Mbam River
The Mbam River is the largest tributary of the Sanaga River in Cameroon. It has a total length of 548 km and has a total drainage basin of 38,000 km2. It flows from the Adamawa Plateau and receives the Kim and Ndjim rivers on its left bank and later the Noun River at its right bank before its confluence with the Sanaga River.
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- …lies at an elevation of 383 metres (1,257 feet)
- …is also known as “Mbam”
- Description: river in Cameroon
Mbam River
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Latitude
4.4° or 4° 24′ north
Longitude
11.28333° or 11° 17′ east
Open location code
6FPHC72M+28
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Mbam River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر مبام”
- Asturian: “Ríu Mbam”
- Bulgarian: “Мбам”
- Cebuano: “Mbam”
- Chinese: “姆巴姆河”
- Dutch: “Mbam (vattendrag i Kamerun, Centrumregionen)”
- Dutch: “Mbam River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر مبام”
- French: “Fleuve Mbam”
- French: “Le mbam”
- French: “Mbam”
- German: “Mbam”
- Hausa: “Kogin Mbam”
- Irish: “Abhainn Mbam”
- Italian: “Mbam”
- Japanese: “ムバム川”
- Lithuanian: “Mbamas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mbam”
- Polish: “Mbam”
- Portuguese: “Rio Mbam”
- Russian: “Мбам”
- Somali: “Webiga Mbam”
- Spanish: “Río Mbam”
- Swedish: “Mbam”
- Venetian: “Fiume Mbam”
- Welsh: “Afon Mbam”
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