OZCAR-RI M-TROPICS Cameroon - Cameroon

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Site Name
OZCAR-RI M-TROPICS Cameroon
Short name
M-TROPICS/BVET-Cameroon
Country
Cameroon
Web Address
M-TROPICS website
M-TROPICS Twitter
Site Manager
Stéphane Audry
Jean Riotte
Site Description
National Network Name : rbv_czo Nested watersheds in humid tropical forest of Cameroon from the Mengong experimental watershed (0.6 km2) to the Nyong River at Olama (18500 km2) Granitoid bedrock secondary forest low anthropogenic pressure Monitoring initiated in 1994 for some parameters more details at : https://mtropics.obs-mip.fr/
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2025-01-07 11:01:56

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1994
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
OZCAR RI✔This site is a verified "OZCAR RI" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
LTER France✔ (CZO_EU_FR_051)This site is a verified "LTER France" member.
Critical Zone Collaborative Network (CZ Net)✖The affiliation of this site with "Critical Zone Collaborative Network (CZ Net)" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
Projects
eLTER catalogue
Photos
The Mengong stream
The Mengong stream
Suspended particulate matter from the Mengong stream
Suspended particulate matter from the Mengong stream
walking track in the Nsimi watershed
walking track in the Nsimi watershed
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 3.166 Longitude: 11.83

Size
ca. 60.00ha
Elevation (average)
685.00msl
Elevation (min)
670.00msl
Elevation (max)
705.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Evergreen Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Rainforest
EUNIS habitat
Inland surface waters (C)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface running waters (C2)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface running waters (C2) » Permanent non-tidal, smooth-flowing watercourses (C2.3)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
25.30°C
Precipitation Annual
2930.00mm
Geology
Plutonic rocks, essentially granitoids : (a) liberian charnockites (near 2900 Myr), (b) more potassic and leucocratic granites (2700-2600 Myr)
Vegetation
The Yaoundé-Sangmélima-Abong Mbang triangle belongs to the domain of the semi-deciduous congo-guinean forest, characterized by Stertuliaceae and Ulmaceae. In the Nsimi catchment, hills and sidehills are covered by secondary forest; the virgin forest is no more found in the region actually, except in rare scraps; a lot of areas have been deforested for growing traditional food crops like manioc, macabo, banana, peanut, corn? the swampy depressions are often colonized by Raphia cf montbuttorum.
Soils
deep lateritic profiles on hill sides, colluvions topped by greyish clearly hydromorphic horizon in swamp depressions
Hydrology
runoff = 400mm +/- 130, can be interrupted during driest months Ke(%) = 20-25%
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Observation devices » Measurement tower » No tower on site
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 4WD
Supporting infrastructure » Staff room at site » Unknown number of places
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » No lodging possible
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Cable based
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » No within site data transmission
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » Central station(s)
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Produced » 5-10 kW
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
30
Maintenance Interval
30
General Data Policy
The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description
Data Policy URL
https://mtropics.obs-mip.fr/
LTER Site Classification
Regular