Mayo Kébbi

Catchment area of ​​the Benue

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The Mayo Kébbi ( Mao Kebi or Kabia ) is a river in Chad and Cameroon. Its sources are located on the border of Chad to Cameroon, on the northeastern flanks of the highlands of Adamawa. According to him the provinces Mayo - Kebbi Ouest and Mayo - Kebbi Est are named in Chad, through which it flows. The river has a sharp separation of the upper course and lower course, this comes from a number of rapids and two major waterfalls, the total overcoming a difference in altitude of 110 meters and collectively are called the Gauthiot Falls. At the upper reaches of the Mayo Kébbi flows through the Tikem and the N'gara Lake and is connected via the Fianga Lake with the Logone. From the Logone the Mayo Kébbi a significant portion of its water masses receives a large flood plain. This flood level was made by Chad under the title Plaines d' inondation du Logone et les dépressions Toupouri protected under the Ramsar Convention. In the lower reaches of the Mayo Kébbi watered the Trene Lake and Lake Léré that are part of the wildlife reserve binder Léré and where a population of the rare African manatee lives. The river is called in Cameroon Mayo KEBI and flows about 14 km east of the town of Garoua in the Benue.