Nyong River
| Nyong river Yong | |
|---|---|
Nyong River | |
The Nyong River in Cameroon | |
| Location | |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Regions | Littoral Region, East Region, South Region, Centre RegionCentre Region |
| Cities | Abong-Mbang, Mbalmayo |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Near Abong-Mbang |
| • coordinates | 3°52′00″N 13°28′00″E / 3.86667°N 13.46667°E |
| • elevation | 690 m (2,260 ft) |
| Mouth | Bight of Biafra |
• coordinates | 3°15′39″N 9°54′16″E / 3.26083°N 9.90444°E |
• elevation | 0 m |
| Length | 690 km (430 mi) |
| Basin size | 27,800 km2 (10,734 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Déhané |
| • average | 446 m3/s (15,800 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 40 m3/s (1,400 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 1,226 m3/s (43,300 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Nyong River |
| Population | 1,179,200 |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Long Mafok, Soo, Soumou, Kama |
| • right | Kom, Mfoumou, Afamba, Ato, Mefou, Akono, Liyeke, Kéllé |
| Waterfalls | Trappenbeck Rapids |
The Nyong (formerly German: Yong) is a river in Cameroon. The river flows approximately 690 kilometres (430 mi) to empty into the Gulf of Guinea.