HydroLAKES lake · #183544
Nsumu
Surface area
1,82km²
Avg depth
1,4m
Volume
2,49km³
Shoreline
13,1km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- UmkhanyakudeKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa1.82 km²100.0% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Mkuzi Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.82 km² overlap
St. Lucia System
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1.82 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
745 distinct species · 32 757 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 9 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 Nsumu : 7 espèces reliées par 8 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 17.8%, 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
1,82km²
Avg depth
1,4m
Volume
2,490km³
Watershed
183km²
Shoreline
13,1km
Shore dev. idx
2,73
Residence time
36days
Elevation
28m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.