HydroLAKES lake · #15977
Lake Ruhondo
Surface area
24,32km²
Avg depth
24,7m
Volume
600,56km³
Shoreline
56km
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MusanzeAmajyaruguru · Rwanda16.73 km²69.1% of lake
- BureraAmajyaruguru · Rwanda6.95 km²28.7% of lake
- GakenkeAmajyaruguru · Rwanda0.53 km²2.2% of lake
44 communes (L5)For countries with L5
- Musekera3.02 km²
- Gasenyi2.34 km²
- Giseke1.49 km²
- Burango1.38 km²
- Butate1.23 km²
- Karambo0.98 km²
- Kavumu0.90 km²
- Gicura0.88 km²
- Kamatete0.80 km²
- Remera0.74 km²
- Murora0.72 km²
- Mucaca0.70 km²
- Bugabo0.69 km²
- Murandi0.68 km²
- Nyakariba0.57 km²
- Kibumbiro0.55 km²
- Butanga0.54 km²
- Mwasha0.53 km²
- Muganda0.53 km²
- Buzoza0.52 km²
- Gikoro0.49 km²
- Ruhombo0.41 km²
- Kamonyi0.37 km²
- Buhogo0.36 km²
- Taba0.35 km²
- Nyabagenzi0.34 km²
- Murore0.33 km²
- Shanga0.29 km²
- Murungu0.27 km²
- Ruhasa0.26 km²
- Shyamba0.25 km²
- Musheke0.15 km²
- Gashiru0.15 km²
- Kamanga0.10 km²
- Sina0.08 km²
- Makara0.06 km²
- Birwa0.04 km²
- Cyivugiza0.04 km²
- Ruhehe0.02 km²
- Mutungu0.01 km²
- Kibinyogote0.01 km²
- Karushenyi0.00 km²
- Gitwa0.00 km²
- Gataba0.00 km²
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
66 distinct species · 93 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 Ruhondo : 15 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 14 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 10.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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
24,32km²
Avg depth
24,7m
Volume
600,560km³
Watershed
703km²
Shoreline
56,0km
Shore dev. idx
3,21
Residence time
1 251days
Elevation
1 757m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.