HydroLAKES lake · #15976
Lake Burera
Surface area
48,59km²
Avg depth
54,1m
Volume
2 629,28km³
Shoreline
84,7km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- BureraAmajyaruguru · Rwanda48.37 km²100.0% of lake
41 communes (L5)For countries with L5
- Buhembe7.80 km²
- Gisirwe5.74 km²
- Birwa4.37 km²
- Rusebeya2.54 km²
- Gashore2.53 km²
- Kajerijeri2.31 km²
- Nyakiriba2.12 km²
- Mwungura1.97 km²
- Mpinga1.75 km²
- Mfashe1.72 km²
- Mutara1.41 km²
- Ndago1.39 km²
- Musekera1.07 km²
- Musangabo0.94 km²
- Sunzu0.91 km²
- Burehe0.89 km²
- Rwinkuba0.74 km²
- Bucyaba0.73 km²
- Nyagatoki0.68 km²
- Murambo0.67 km²
- Rwahondo0.66 km²
- Musarara0.54 km²
- Birwa0.52 km²
- Butare0.51 km²
- Nyamabuye0.51 km²
- Kikubo0.46 km²
- Rwambeho0.44 km²
- Gatagara-jite0.39 km²
- Mariba0.37 km²
- Kiraro0.33 km²
- Cyogo0.25 km²
- Kanaba0.25 km²
- Burabwa0.20 km²
- Murore0.19 km²
- Kigina0.16 km²
- Kiboga0.11 km²
- Mariko0.10 km²
- Kamusaba0.05 km²
- Gitare0.04 km²
- Rukenke0.02 km²
- Gitanda0.01 km²
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
70 distinct species · 84 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 22 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 Burera : 22 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 15 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 6.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
48,59km²
Avg depth
54,1m
Volume
2 629,280km³
Watershed
532km²
Shoreline
84,7km
Shore dev. idx
3,43
Residence time
7 376days
Elevation
1 860m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.