Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · zmb
Bangweulu Swamps
- Area
- 3 186 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1991
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 1991
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 18 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 Swamps : 16 espèces reliées par 18 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 11.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology22 basins · 30 lakes · 5 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
166,0km
Lake surface here
23,10km²
Basins crossed
22
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
93 951km²
Discharge in basins
1 839,8m³/s
Mean precip.
1 223mm/an
Mean T°
20,6°C
Moisture idx
-0,25
Mean runoff
277mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 187m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Lumbatwasub-area2 128 km²overlap623.11 km²20%
- Bassin de Luapulasub-area844,9 km²overlap559.26 km²18%
- Basin #68100sub-area773,2 km²overlap458.24 km²14%
- Bassin de Lulimalasub-area2 567,7 km²overlap420.73 km²13%
- Bassin de Lulimalasub-area205 km²overlap204.16 km²6%
- Bassin de Lukulusub-area746,5 km²overlap179.21 km²6%
- Bassin de Lukulusub-area156,9 km²overlap156.30 km²5%
- Basin #62240sub-area209,5 km²overlap132.70 km²4%
- Basin #70800sub-area427,8 km²overlap79.95 km²3%
13 more basinssorted by overlap
- Basin #63080sub-area178,9 km²overlap73.16 km²2%
- Basin #60240sub-area83,9 km²overlap58.55 km²2%
- Bassin de Luapulasub-area151,8 km²overlap47.76 km²1%
- Basin #68660sub-area42,6 km²overlap42.44 km²1%
- Bassin de Munikashisub-area673,1 km²overlap39.44 km²1%
- Basin #60540sub-area31,9 km²overlap26.26 km²1%
- Basin #60130sub-area58,2 km²overlap25.77 km²1%
- Bassin de Luapulasub-area258 km²overlap20.28 km²1%
- Bassin de Lulimalasub-area14,3 km²overlap13.39 km²0%
- Bassin de Chambeshisub-area152,4 km²overlap13.21 km²0%
- Bassin de Chambeshisub-area20,5 km²overlap8.34 km²0%
- Bassin de Luapulasub-area1 721,8 km²overlap2.93 km²0%
- Bassin de Kapamwasub-area219,5 km²overlap0.63 km²0%
Lakes (30, top by area)
- Lake #81871area7,4 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lake #81874area2,1 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lake #81868area1,5 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lake #81876area1 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1411419area0,9 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1411571area0,9 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1411548area0,9 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lac 1411435area0,8 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1411389area0,8 km²avg depth1.4 m
21 more lakes
- Lac 1411565area0,8 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1411520area0,6 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1411391area0,6 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1411380area0,6 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1411432area0,6 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1411579area0,6 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lac 1411534area0,4 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lac 1411616area0,4 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1411582area0,4 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1411535area0,4 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1411551area0,4 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1411374area0,4 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1411573area0,3 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1411697area0,3 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1411431area0,2 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lac 1411407area0,2 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1411411area0,2 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lac 1411400area0,2 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1411421area0,2 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1411608area0,1 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1411376area0,1 km²avg depth1.1 m
Rivers / streams (5, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- -11.87898, 30.12868
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.