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The Noun River is a river of the West Province of Cameroon. It arises at Lake Oku (6°11′34″N 10°27′14″E) and flows south, it is joined by the Monoun River and flows south in the valley between the mountains Ngotsetzezan and Mount Yahou. It turns east at about 5° N latitude. Its mouth is at the Mbam River (4°54′42″N 11°06′02″E), which itself is a tributary of the Sanaga River.
Map of Noun River, Cameroon
It forms the boundary between the Bamiléké area and the Bamun area, and played a key role in the history of the Bamileke people.
The Noun River was dammed at Bamendjing in 1975 (5°41′55″N 10°30′03″E) creating a reservoir with the same name. At its maximum the reservoir is 32 km long and 276 km wide. Its surface area varies between 150 km2 and 300 km2.
The Noun River hosts hippopotamus that can be seen all year long, in the wild parts of the river, along with many birds, such as the palm nut vulture, the bee-eater, the hammerkop, and the kingfisher.