HydroLAKES lake · #181795
Lake Chidya
Surface area
6,66km²
Avg depth
6,5m
Volume
43,37km³
Shoreline
14,3km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Mtwara RuralMtwara · Tanzania6.63 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
71 distinct species · 382 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 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 Chidya : 17 espèces reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 9.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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
6,66km²
Avg depth
6,5m
Volume
43,370km³
Watershed
450km²
Shoreline
14,3km
Shore dev. idx
1,56
Residence time
143days
Elevation
12m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.