HydroLAKES lake · #1574
Lake Bankim
Surface area
163,86km²
Avg depth
20,1m
Volume
3 300km³
Shoreline
829,9km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Mayo BanyoAdamaoua · Cameroon117.54 km²72.0% of lake
- NounOuest · Cameroon45.61 km²28.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
22 distinct species · 35 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 3 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 Lake Bankim : 3 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 2 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 33.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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
163,86km²
Avg depth
20,1m
Volume
3 300,000km³
Watershed
2 356km²
Shoreline
829,9km
Shore dev. idx
18,29
Residence time
777days
Elevation
714m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.