HydroLAKES lake · #1626
Chiuta
Surface area
143,85km²
Avg depth
3,9m
Volume
560,75km³
Shoreline
182km
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MecanhelasNassa · Mozambique87.77 km²61.2% of lake
- Lake ChiutaMachinga · Malawi48.03 km²33.5% of lake
- MandimbaNassa · Mozambique5.24 km²3.7% of lake
- SC NgokweMachinga · Malawi2.05 km²1.4% of lake
- SC ChikweoMachinga · Malawi0.24 km²0.2% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
37 distinct species · 58 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 6 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 Chiuta : 3 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 6 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 40.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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
143,85km²
Avg depth
3,9m
Volume
560,750km³
Watershed
4 341km²
Shoreline
182,0km
Shore dev. idx
4,28
Residence time
134days
Elevation
628m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.