HydroLAKES lake · #169
Bangweulu
Surface area
1 763,53km²
Avg depth
1m
Volume
1 764km³
Shoreline
513km
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- ChifunabuliLuapula · Zambia983.84 km²56.0% of lake
- ChilubiNorthern · Zambia580.28 km²33.0% of lake
- SamfyaLuapula · Zambia181.48 km²10.3% of lake
- LungaLuapula · Zambia6.20 km²0.4% of lake
- MansaLuapula · Zambia4.74 km²0.3% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
107 distinct species · 172 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 9 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bangweulu : 5 espèces reliées par 11 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 30.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
1 763,53km²
Avg depth
1,0m
Volume
1 764,000km³
Watershed
16 608km²
Shoreline
513,0km
Shore dev. idx
3,45
Residence time
119days
Elevation
1 163m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.