Ontologia

HydroLAKES lake · #16000

Lac · #16000

Natural lakeDemocratic Republic of the CongoAfrica 288 m

Surface area

15,83km²

Avg depth

1,9m

Volume

30,11km³

Shoreline

102,5km

Administrative coverage

Parent watershed

hybas-1081204610262 km² · upstream 6529 km²

2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

  • Kutu
    Mai-Ndombe · Democratic Republic of the Congo
    14.44 km²
    91.6% of lake
  • Nioki
    Mai-Ndombe · Democratic Republic of the Congo
    1.32 km²
    8.4% of lake

1 intersecting protected areas

  • Ngiri

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)

    15.76 km² overlap

Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

4 distinct species · 9 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

9 obs · 1 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 9
9–8
9–8
9–8
< 9

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)

Surface

15,83km²

Avg depth

1,9m

Volume

30,110km³

Watershed

6 529km²

Shoreline

102,5km

Shore dev. idx

7,27

Residence time

4days

Elevation

288m

HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.