Key facts
- Country
- Cameroon
- Regions
- East Region , Centre Region , Littoral Region
- Cities
- Edéa , Nanga Eboko , Bélabo
- Source
- Confluence of Djérem River and Lom River
- Coordinates
- 5°19′26″N 13°23′52″E / 5.323772°N 13.397769°E / 5.323772; 13.397769
- Elevation
- 628 m (2,060 ft)
- Mouth
- Bight of Biafra
- Length
- 603 km (375 mi), with Djérem River 1,067.5 km (663.3 mi)
- Basin size
- 132,990 km (51,350 mi )
- Location
- Edéa
- Average
- 1,985 m /s (70,100 cu ft/s)
- Minimum
- 234 m /s (8,300 cu ft/s)
- Maximum
- 6,950 m /s (245,000 cu ft/s)
- River system
- Sanaga River
- Left
- Long River, Tete River, Sele River, Mfam River, Ngoba River
- Right
- Mbam River , Mbuku River, Ligene River, Djam River, Dorong River, Jape River, Uem River
- Waterbodies
- Song Loulou Hydroelectric Power Station , Edea Hydroelectric Power Station
- Bridges
- Japoma Bridge
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- Image
- Sanaga Mbam Rivers.JPG
- Length
- 918
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- watershed area
- 129212
- discharge
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The Sanaga River (formerly German: Zannaga) is the largest river in Cameroon located in East Region, Centre Region and Littoral Region. Its length is about 603 km (375 mi) from the confluence of Djérem and Lom River. The total length of Sanaga-Djérem River system is about 1,067.5 km (663.3 mi). Djérem is the longest source of Sanaga River with a total length of 464.5 km.
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