HydroLAKES lake · #15973
Lake Rwanyakazinga
Surface area
21,5km²
Avg depth
7,4m
Volume
158,92km³
Shoreline
41,3km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- GatsiboIburasirazuba · Rwanda12.88 km²60.2% of lake
- NyagatareIburasirazuba · Rwanda8.52 km²39.8% of lake
2 communes (L5)For countries with L5
- Gikobwa12.88 km²
- Kayange Ii8.52 km²
1 intersecting protected areas
Akagera
IUCN IINational Park
21.40 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
408 distinct species · 6 675 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 17 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 Rwanyakazinga : 13 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 11 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.1%, 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).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
21,50km²
Avg depth
7,4m
Volume
158,920km³
Watershed
107km²
Shoreline
41,3km
Shore dev. idx
2,51
Residence time
4 853days
Elevation
1 283m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.