HydroLAKES lake · #1596
Burigi
Surface area
188,53km²
Avg depth
12,6m
Volume
2 373,25km³
Shoreline
229,1km
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- KaragweKagera · Tanzania130.46 km²69.5% of lake
- BiharamuloKagera · Tanzania43.61 km²23.2% of lake
- MulebaKagera · Tanzania13.62 km²7.3% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Burigi-Chato National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
82.72 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
41 distinct species · 52 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 7 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 Burigi : 7 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 4 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 19.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
188,53km²
Avg depth
12,6m
Volume
2 373,250km³
Watershed
5 300km²
Shoreline
229,1km
Shore dev. idx
4,71
Residence time
1 478days
Elevation
1 172m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.