HydroLAKES lake · #182284
Kafue Gorge Dam
Surface area
2,45km²
Avg depth
1,4m
Volume
3,34km³
Shoreline
20,7km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- KafueLusaka · Zambia1.51 km²61.8% of lake
- ChikankantaSouthern · Zambia0.93 km²38.2% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
108 distinct species · 174 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Kafue Gorge Dam : 33 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 30 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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
2,45km²
Avg depth
1,4m
Volume
3,340km³
Watershed
152 668km²
Shoreline
20,7km
Shore dev. idx
3,73
Residence time
0days
Elevation
977m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.