HydroLAKES lake · #15993
Lake Mugesera
Surface area
42,87km²
Avg depth
21m
Volume
902,36km³
Shoreline
127,5km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
63 communes (L5)For countries with L5
- Nunga3.94 km²
- Rukumberi2.70 km²
- Mugwato2.53 km²
- Rwamibabi2.35 km²
- Urukoki1.92 km²
- Umukoma1.88 km²
- Rukori1.86 km²
- Nyamirambo1.67 km²
- Rugaju1.23 km²
- Migamba0.98 km²
- Kinihira0.98 km²
- Akabingo0.94 km²
- Karuyenzi0.91 km²
- Karenge0.88 km²
- Rwamibari0.87 km²
- Nyagitabire0.80 km²
- Karokora0.79 km²
- Kirira0.76 km²
- Kumuyange0.75 km²
- Rurenge0.74 km²
- Nyamabuye0.64 km²
- Cyanyirampazi0.56 km²
- Sugira0.54 km²
- Rusanza0.51 km²
- Murambi0.50 km²
- Kampara0.49 km²
- Uwadesa0.49 km²
- Umumeyu0.49 km²
- Ipide0.48 km²
- Rwinkwavu0.47 km²
- Umuvugangoma0.46 km²
- Mumurenge0.40 km²
- Cyarugaju0.40 km²
- Agatare0.39 km²
- Rugazi0.38 km²
- Akinteko0.38 km²
- Nyagasenyi0.38 km²
- Rwakagina0.37 km²
- Amarimba0.37 km²
- Mumahoro0.36 km²
- Agakindo0.34 km²
- Byimana0.33 km²
- Gomezo0.33 km²
- Nyakariba0.33 km²
- Mataba0.30 km²
- Rwakayango0.26 km²
- Isangano0.26 km²
- Mumahoro0.23 km²
- Nyagakizi0.19 km²
- Rushubi0.19 km²
- Rugarama0.16 km²
- Cyerwa0.15 km²
- Akabungo0.14 km²
- Cyizihira0.14 km²
- Sangaza0.12 km²
- Isangano0.12 km²
- Ikibinge0.12 km²
- Agataba0.09 km²
- Rwarutare0.09 km²
- Akabeza0.09 km²
- Bidudu0.06 km²
- Ntovi0.03 km²
- Nyakagezi0.02 km²
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
112 distinct species · 291 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Mugesera : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 25 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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
42,87km²
Avg depth
21,0m
Volume
902,360km³
Watershed
794km²
Shoreline
127,5km
Shore dev. idx
5,49
Residence time
3 065days
Elevation
1 332m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.