Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · SEN
Delta du Saloum
- Area
- 3 187 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1984
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 1984
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 724 distinct species · 104 105 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Delta du Saloum : 33 espèces reliées par 36 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology14 basins · 19 lakes · 16 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
278,0km
Lake surface here
66,37km²
Basins crossed
14
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
32 923km²
Discharge in basins
18,9m³/s
Mean precip.
692mm/an
Mean T°
26,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,64
Mean runoff
45mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
9m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Bandiabsub-area1 335 km²overlap567.03 km²18%
- Bassin de Bolon Guiorsub-area540,8 km²overlap538.83 km²17%
- Bassin de Khabaksub-area650,3 km²overlap305.25 km²10%
- Bassin de Marigot de Djilorsub-area628,9 km²overlap264.24 km²8%
- Bassin de Marigot de Faoyesub-area467,2 km²overlap167.54 km²5%
- Basin #26970sub-area208 km²overlap128.79 km²4%
- Bassin de Diombossub-area279,3 km²overlap108.95 km²3%
- Basin #27030sub-area68,1 km²overlap67.81 km²2%
- Basin #27050sub-area1 026,9 km²overlap62.61 km²2%
Lakes (19, top by area)
- Lake #15757area43,7 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #79082area7,5 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lake #79057area5,2 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lake #79077area3,1 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lake #79062area1,4 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lake #79064area1 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1397789area0,9 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1397761area0,8 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lac 1397772area0,8 km²avg depth1.0 m
10 more lakes
- Lac 1397635area0,7 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1397667area0,4 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1397979area0,2 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1397872area0,2 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lac 1397993area0,2 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1397684area0,2 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1397954area0,2 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1398124area0,2 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1397712area0,2 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1398099area0,1 km²avg depth1.3 m
Rivers / streams (16, ord ≥ 4)
- Marigot de Djilorord 2len here59.20 km100%total59 km
- Marigot de Faoyeord 6len here47.43 km52%total91 km
- Khabakord 3len here34.37 km47%total74 km
- Saloumord 6len here19.96 km3%total629 km
- Nganassaword 2len here19.32 km100%total19 km
- Bolon Guiorord 2len here16.53 km100%total17 km
- Bandialaord 1len here16.03 km80%total20 km
- Diombosord 2len here12.58 km44%total28 km
- Bandiabord 2len here10.43 km30%total35 km
- Bandiabord 1len here10.36 km85%total12 km
- Toubacoutaord 2len here8.37 km100%total8 km
- Bôlon de Dioganeord 2len here7.45 km100%total7 km
4 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
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
- 13.97339, -16.59505
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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.