Lake Kariba
IUCN VRecreation Park · 1979
3 001 km²
District · ZMB
Zambia
Species observed
208
Observations
489
Area
3 855,8km²
Sample of 30 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).
Tissu écologique de Gwembe : 25 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 28 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 6.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
208 distinct species · 489 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
23,7°C
Annual rain
919mm
Warmest m°
31,4°C
Coldest m°
14,9°C
Elevation: 659 m on average (min 484 m, max 1 246 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
6,4
Org. C
13,3g/kg
Clay
20,6%
Sand
60,1%
Silt
19,3%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiM
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
546,0km
Lake surface here
913,57km²
Basins crossed
14
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
624 128km²
Discharge in basins
2 953,9m³/s
Mean precip.
773mm/an
Mean T°
23,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,57
Mean runoff
79mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
766m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
12,0%
Pesticides
1,7kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Recreation Park · 1979
3 001 km²
Wildlife Management Area · 2002
530 km²
Forest Reserve
127 km²
Forest Reserve
36 km²
Forest Reserve
20 km²
Forest Reserve · 1968
17 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN