HydroLAKES lake · #180859
Lake Birira
Surface area
5,51km²
Avg depth
10,3m
Volume
56,81km³
Shoreline
14,4km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NgomaIburasirazuba · Rwanda5.49 km²100.0% of lake
7 communes (L5)For countries with L5
- Shyembe1.29 km²
- Maswa Ii1.23 km²
- Gituza1.19 km²
- Rwimpongo Ii0.97 km²
- Bare0.69 km²
- Maswa I0.11 km²
- Rwimpongo I0.00 km²
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
255 distinct species · 4 393 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 21 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 Birira : 12 espèces reliées par 22 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
5,51km²
Avg depth
10,3m
Volume
56,810km³
Watershed
19km²
Shoreline
14,4km
Shore dev. idx
1,73
Residence time
7 388days
Elevation
1 330m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.