Ontologia

HydroLAKES lake · #155

Kainji Reservoir

ReservoirNigeriaAfrica 139 m

Surface area

1 034,85km²

Avg depth

14,5m

Volume

15 000km³

Shoreline

571,1km

Administrative coverage

Parent watershed

hybas-10808073401992 km² · upstream 1993 km²

4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

  • Ngaski
    Kebbi · Nigeria
    532.87 km²
    51.7% of lake
  • Borgu
    Niger · Nigeria
    314.29 km²
    30.5% of lake
  • Magama
    Niger · Nigeria
    91.93 km²
    8.9% of lake
  • Agwara
    Niger · Nigeria
    91.58 km²
    8.9% of lake

3 intersecting protected areas

  • Foge Islands

    IUCN II

    Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)

    39.24 km² overlap

  • Doro

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    2.58 km² overlap

  • Kainji Lake

    IUCN II

    National Park

    2.32 km² overlap

Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

180 distinct species · 503 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

503 obs · 22 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 217
38–216
15–37
13–14
< 13

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 29 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Kainji Reservoir : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 35 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 7.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
31
Interactions affichées
35
Connectance
0.075
Patrimoniales
1
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)

Surface

1 034,85km²

Avg depth

14,5m

Volume

15 000,000km³

Watershed

1 571 130km²

Shoreline

571,1km

Shore dev. idx

5,01

Residence time

125days

Elevation

139m

HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.