Ontologia

HydroLAKES lake · #170

Chilwa

Natural lakeMalawiAfrica 623 m

Surface area

1 088,14km²

Avg depth

2m

Volume

2 176,28km³

Shoreline

417,6km

Administrative coverage

Parent watershed

hybas-10814255302282 km² · upstream 2282 km²

13 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

  • Lake Chilwa
    Zomba · Malawi
    541.01 km²
    49.9% of lake
  • SC Mlomba
    Machinga · Malawi
    100.81 km²
    9.3% of lake
  • TA Kawinga
    Machinga · Malawi
    96.81 km²
    8.9% of lake
  • Lake Chilwa
    Phalombe · Malawi
    94.17 km²
    8.7% of lake
  • SC Mkumbira
    Zomba · Malawi
    70.82 km²
    6.5% of lake
  • Lake Chilwa
    Machinga · Malawi
    60.35 km²
    5.6% of lake

1 intersecting protected areas

  • Lake Chilwa

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)

    1035.66 km² overlap

Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

253 distinct species · 485 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

485 obs · 16 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 298
62–297
19–61
4–18
< 4

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 36 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 Chilwa : 30 espèces reliées par 32 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 4.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
38
Interactions affichées
32
Connectance
0.045
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)

Surface

1 088,14km²

Avg depth

2,0m

Volume

2 176,280km³

Watershed

8 784km²

Shoreline

417,6km

Shore dev. idx

3,57

Residence time

221days

Elevation

623m

HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.