Debundscha

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'''Debundscha''' is a village in the south-western Region of the republic of Cameroon. It is found at the foot of the Mount Cameroon at its south western corner directly facing the south Atlantic Ocean on the Cameroon coast.

Debundscha has an extremely wet climate with about {{convert|10,299|mm|in}} of rainfall falling annually.<ref name="Frankham">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdEHpSmFVAIC&pg=PA180 |title=A primer of conservation genetics|first1=Richard |last1=Frankham |first2=Jonathan D. |last2=Ballou |first3=David Anthony |last3=Briscoe |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=180|year=2004 |isbn= 978-0-521-53827-5 |accessdate=2011-11-12}}</ref>

The village of Debundscha is included among the five rainiest places in the world which includes Lloró, Mawsynram, the Big Bog and Cherrapunji, with each of them receiving over 10,000 millimeters (400 inches) of rain annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetravelalmanac.com/lists/temperature-wettest.htm |title=The World's Wettest Places |publisher=Thetravelalmanac.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-12}}</ref>

== History == The Germans installed a lighthouse in Debundscha in 1904.<ref>{{Cite rowlett|cmr|access-date=2011-11-12}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url=http://picasaweb.google.com/R.Burnstone/Cameroon#5167670946550078754 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713033357/http://picasaweb.google.com/R.Burnstone/Cameroon%235167670946550078754 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-13 |title=Picasa Web Albums - R. Burnstone - Cameroon |date=2008-02-14 |accessdate=2011-11-12 }}</ref>

== Climate == Its proximity to the equator which is consistently hot and humid, gives Debundscha a long rainy season and a short dry season in a year. Debundscha's coastal location with the giant Mount Cameroon behind it, a giant mountain massive rising from the coast of the South Atlantic ocean to a height of about {{convert|4095|m|ft|0}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Česky |url=http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/en/volcanoes/africa/mount_cameroon/ |title=Mount Cameroon Volcano, Africa (world) - facts & information / VolcanoDiscovery |publisher=Volcanodiscovery.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-12}}</ref> and blocking rain forming clouds from passing it results in abundant rainfall for Debundscha during the year. The major rainfall falls on the ocean-facing south-western slope of Mount Cameroon and on Debundscha, at the foot of this slope.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rainiest Places on Earth |first=Ian |last=Harrison |date=June 20, 2008 |publisher=blog.ratestogo.com |url=http://blog.ratestogo.com/the-rainiest-places-on-earth/ |access-date=October 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031192239/http://blog.ratestogo.com/the-rainiest-places-on-earth/ |archive-date=October 31, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Extreme precipitation events in Cameroon |publisher=The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics |work=ictp.it |url=http://clima-dods.ictp.it/d10/smr2019/Tuesday/session3/EXTREME%20PRECIPITATION%20EVENTS%20IN%20CAMEROON.ppt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331223002/http://clima-dods.ictp.it/d10/smr2019/Tuesday/session3/EXTREME%20PRECIPITATION%20EVENTS%20IN%20CAMEROON.ppt |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-03-31 }}</ref> {{Weather box |width = auto | location = Debundscha | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 29.5 | Feb high C = 29.9 | Mar high C = 30.0 | Apr high C = 30.0 | May high C = 29.9 | Jun high C = 28.8 | Jul high C = 27.6 | Aug high C = 27.2 | Sep high C = 27.6 | Oct high C = 27.6 | Nov high C = 28.6 | Dec high C = 29.1

| Jan mean C = 25.8 | Feb mean C = 26.5 | Mar mean C = 26.6 | Apr mean C = 26.7 | May mean C = 26.5 | Jun mean C = 25.7 | Jul mean C = 24.7 | Aug mean C = 24.6 | Sep mean C = 24.8 | Oct mean C = 24.6 | Nov mean C = 25.7 | Dec mean C = 25.5 | year mean C = | Jan low C = 22.1 | Feb low C = 23.1 | Mar low C = 23.1 | Apr low C = 23.3 | May low C = 23.1 | Jun low C = 22.6 | Jul low C = 21.8 | Aug low C = 22.0 | Sep low C = 22.1 | Oct low C = 21.6 | Nov low C = 22.8 | Dec low C = 22.0 |rain colour= green |Jan rain mm=153 |Feb rain mm=298 |Mar rain mm=371 |Apr rain mm=476 |May rain mm=604 |Jun rain mm=1093 |Jul rain mm=1413 |Aug rain mm=1623 |Sep rain mm=1325 |Oct rain mm=1144 |Nov rain mm=413 |Dec rain mm=177 |Jan sun = 147.3 |Feb sun = 143.7 |Mar sun = 122.3 |Apr sun = 118.4 |May sun = 119.4 |Jun sun = 89.1 |Jul sun = 61.5 |Aug sun = 35.4 |Sep sun = 52.8 |Oct sun = 67.9 |Nov sun = 99.4 |Dec sun = 130.8 |year sun = |source 1 = <ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260592005_Climate_of_the_Mount_Cameroon_Region |title = Climate of the Mount Cameroon Region |publisher=Research Gate |accessdate = June 18, 2024}}</ref> }}

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:Populated places in Southwest Region (Cameroon)