HydroLAKES lake · #180362
Lake Nyos
Surface area
1,55km²
Avg depth
16,7m
Volume
25,96km³
Shoreline
5,1km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MenchumNord-Ouest · Cameroon1.55 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
100 distinct species · 871 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 18 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 Nyos : 13 espèces reliées par 15 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.8%, 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
1,55km²
Avg depth
16,7m
Volume
25,960km³
Watershed
9km²
Shoreline
5,1km
Shore dev. idx
1,15
Residence time
1 009days
Elevation
1 102m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.