Logone River

Logone River

river

Mouth of the watercourse	Chari River
Tributary	Pendé River, Vina
Lake for watercourse top	Lake Maga
Drainage basin	Chad Basin
Basin country	Central African Republic
Country	Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad
Coordinate location	12°6′22″N 15°2′7″E

De Logon anaa Logone River be a major tributary of de Chari River. De Logone ein sources dey locate insyd de western Central African Republic, northern Cameroon, den southern Chad. E get two major tributaries: de Pendé River (Eastern Logone) insyd de prefecture Ouham-Pendé insyd de Central African Republic den de Mbéré River (Western Logone) insyd de east of Cameroon. Chaw swamps den wetlands dey surround de river.

Settlements on de river dey include Kousseri, Cameroon ein northernmost city, den Chad ein capital city, N'Djaména, wich dey locate at de site wer de Logone dey empty into de Chari River.

De Logone dey form part of de international border between Chad den Cameroon.

Hydrometry

De flow of de river be observed over 38 years (1951–84) insyd Bongor a town insyd Chad downstream of de union plus de Pendé about 450 km (280 mi) above de mouth into de Chari. De Bongor dem observe average annual flow during dis period be 492 m³/s (17,400 cu ft/s) fed by an area of about 73,700 km² (28,500 sq mi) approximately 94.5% of de total catchment area of de River. Secof de strong evaporation, de amount of water wey dey flow into de estuary dey decrease. Insyd N'Djamena, de flow dey reduce to 400 m³/s (14,000 cu ft/s).

The average monthly flow of the river Logone at hydrological station of Bongor (in m³ / s )
(Calculated using the data for a period of 38 years, 1948–86)

Population

Insyd de eastern lower Logone valley form out of de Kotoko population several historic sultanates (Kousseri, Logone-Birni, Makari-Goulfey den odas) wich be vassals of de Bornu anaa Baguirmi insyd de borders of modern-day Cameroon.

History

Insyd Chad, de administrative regions Logone Oriental den Logone Occidental dem name after de river. Ober-Logone be an administrative district of de German colony of Cameroon.