The Mbam River is the largest tributary of the

Sanaga River The Sanaga River (formerly ) is the largest river in Cameroon located in East Region (Cameroon), East Region, Centre Region (Cameroon), Centre Region and Littoral Region (Cameroon), Littoral Region. Its length is about from the confluence of Dj ...

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

. It has a total length of and has a total drainage basin of . Sanaga Mbam Rivers

It flows from the

Adamawa Plateau The Adamawa Plateau () is a plateau region in west-central Africa stretching from south-eastern Nigeria through north-central Cameroon ( Adamawa and North Provinces) to the Central African Republic. The part of the plateau that lies in Nigeria i ...

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.Shahin, Mamdouh. ''Hydrology and water resources of Africa'', 2002. File:Gallery Forrest Mbam.JPG, Gallery forest on an island of the Mbam river near Bafia (Cameroon) File:Guerima Ferry Mbam.JPG, Guerima ferry across the Mbam river near Bafia (Cameroon) File:Hippo trail.JPG, 'Hippo Trail' on the Mbam river File:Fleuve Mbam'.jpg, Mbam river seen from a pirogue

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Rivers of Cameroon {{Cameroon-river-stub