Salonga National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 1984
35 086 km²
Territory · COD
Boende
Democratic Republic of the Congo
AfTropical, rainforest(100 %)
Species observed
905
Observations
3 290
Area
18 598,7km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 4 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).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Boende : 3 espèces reliées par 4 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 40.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
5
Interactions affichées
4
Connectance
0.400
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
905 distinct species · 3 290 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
24,9°C
Annual rain
1 915mm
Warmest m°
31,0°C
Coldest m°
21,3°C
Elevation: 356 m on average (min 314 m, max 415 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
24,9°C
Annual rain
1 915mm
Warmest month
31,0°C
Coldest month
21,3°C
Mean alt.
356m
Min
314m
Max
415m
Std. dev.
22m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
AfTropical, rainforest(100 %)Tropical
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
4,6
Org. C
29,8g/kg
Clay
25,5%
Sand
58,4%
Silt
16,1%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: suGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
4,5
Org. C
36,4g/kg
Clay
24,2%
Sand
59,6%
Silt
16,2%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
4,5
Org. C
28,4g/kg
Clay
25,0%
Sand
58,9%
Silt
16,1%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
4,6
Org. C
24,6g/kg
Clay
27,3%
Sand
56,9%
Silt
15,9%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest98.2%
Crops0.0%
Built-up0.0%
Bare soil0.0%
Other (grassland, water…)1.8%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology32 basins · 8 lakes · 11 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
1 351,8km
Lake surface here
2,74km²
Basins crossed
32
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
96 123km²
Discharge in basins
14 347,6m³/s
Mean precip.
2 070mm/an
Mean T°
25,2°C
Moisture idx
0,18
Mean runoff
818mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
374m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Tshuapasub-area6 097,4 km²overlap3432.97 km²18%
- Bassin de Lomelasub-area3 106,7 km²overlap2957.12 km²16%
- Bassin de Lomelasub-area2 070,9 km²overlap2061.66 km²11%
- Bassin de Tshuapasub-area1 750,8 km²overlap1164.85 km²6%
- Bassin de Salongasub-area2 603,1 km²overlap914.19 km²5%
- Bassin de Lolangosub-area1 946,9 km²overlap739.48 km²4%
- Bassin de Longoisub-area705,2 km²overlap702.03 km²4%
- Bassin de Lomelasub-area679,2 km²overlap676.21 km²4%
- Bassin de Busirasub-area645,6 km²overlap642.75 km²3%
23 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Busirasub-area967,7 km²overlap635.95 km²3%
- Bassin de Busirasub-area611,4 km²overlap604.50 km²3%
- Bassin de Lotosub-area877,9 km²overlap587.13 km²3%
- Bassin de Maringasub-area1 264,5 km²overlap372.95 km²2%
- Bassin de Salongasub-area1 300,9 km²overlap350.04 km²2%
- Bassin de Salongasub-area386,1 km²overlap311.88 km²2%
- Bassin de Tshuapasub-area308 km²overlap306.61 km²2%
- Bassin de Lomelasub-area2 268,8 km²overlap287.37 km²2%
- Bassin de Busirasub-area273,7 km²overlap272.46 km²1%
- Bassin de Busirasub-area245,2 km²overlap244.13 km²1%
- Bassin de Salongasub-area300,4 km²overlap238.13 km²1%
- Bassin de Busirasub-area1 967 km²overlap164.15 km²1%
- Bassin de Busirasub-area154,7 km²overlap154.03 km²1%
- Bassin de Salongasub-area254,9 km²overlap149.74 km²1%
- Bassin de Salongasub-area680,7 km²overlap141.68 km²1%
- Bassin de Maringasub-area472,9 km²overlap140.77 km²1%
- Bassin de Busirasub-area137,6 km²overlap136.94 km²1%
- Bassin de Maringasub-area1 230,9 km²overlap78.71 km²0%
- Bassin de Salongasub-area184,8 km²overlap73.53 km²0%
- Bassin de Salongasub-area440,2 km²overlap19.27 km²0%
- Bassin de Busirasub-area18,4 km²overlap18.34 km²0%
- Bassin de Salongasub-area452,8 km²overlap11.01 km²0%
- Bassin de Luaysub-area1 699,1 km²overlap8.08 km²0%
Lakes (8, top by area)
Rivers / streams (11, ord ≥ 4)
- Lomelaord 6len here393.90 km23%total1721 km
- Busiraord 7len here289.57 km50%total576 km
- Tshuapaord 6len here246.60 km13%total1869 km
- Tshwapaord 6len here198.68 km74%total270 km
- Lotoord 5len here58.23 km17%total351 km
- Salongaord 5len here56.05 km6%total984 km
- Lolangoord 5len here40.04 km62%total64 km
- Maringaord 6len here30.31 km2%total1534 km
- Longoiord 3len here15.91 km100%total16 km
- Bosaord 4len here14.84 km100%total15 km
- Likafeord 6len here7.63 km100%total8 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
3,5%
Pesticides
34,7kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas1
IUCN Not Applicable · 1
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN