Ontologia

HydroLAKES lake · #172

Kariba Reservoir

ReservoirZambiaAfrica 487 m

Surface area

5 276,89km²

Avg depth

35,1m

Volume

185 000km³

Shoreline

3 119,5km

Administrative coverage

Parent watershed

hybas-1081462960615 km² · upstream 598165 km²

6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

  • Kariba
    Mashonaland West · Zimbabwe
    1766.51 km²
    33.6% of lake
  • Sinazongwe
    Southern · Zambia
    1196.38 km²
    22.7% of lake
  • Binga
    Matabeleland North · Zimbabwe
    986.66 km²
    18.8% of lake
  • Gwembe
    Southern · Zambia
    908.79 km²
    17.3% of lake
  • Siavonga
    Southern · Zambia
    400.58 km²
    7.6% of lake
  • Kariba Urban
    Mashonaland West · Zimbabwe
    0.39 km²
    0.0% of lake

16 intersecting protected areas

  • Lake Kariba

    IUCN V

    Recreation Park

    2813.34 km² overlap

  • Mola B

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wildlife Management Area

    31.62 km² overlap

  • Charara

    IUCN VI

    Safari Area

    18.67 km² overlap

  • Matusadona

    IUCN II

    National Park

    16.25 km² overlap

  • Chunga

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wildlife Management Area

    10.36 km² overlap

  • Chete

    IUCN VI

    Safari Area

    10.01 km² overlap

  • Gatshegatshe

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wildlife Management Area

    9.01 km² overlap

  • Sijarira

    IUCN Not Reported

    State Forest

    7.46 km² overlap

  • Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.93

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    3.95 km² overlap

7 more protected areas

  • Kavira

    IUCN Not Reported

    State Forest

    1.17 km² overlap

  • Sibilobilo SA

    IUCN VI

    Safari Area

    1.02 km² overlap

  • Sianzyundu

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wildlife Management Area

    0.69 km² overlap

  • Nchete

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wildlife Sanctuary

    0.31 km² overlap

  • Sekula

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wildlife Sanctuary

    0.08 km² overlap

  • Lakwechele

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    0.04 km² overlap

  • Simatelele

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wildlife Management Area

    0.01 km² overlap

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

Species present

1 135 distinct species · 16 935 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

16 935 obs · 91 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 3 695
611–3 694
50–610
17–49
< 17

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

Ecological tissue

Sample of 12 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 Kariba Reservoir : 10 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 2 bulles famille, 10 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 15.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 2 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).

Espèces affichées
12
Interactions affichées
10
Connectance
0.151
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

5 276,89km²

Avg depth

35,1m

Volume

185 000,000km³

Watershed

679 344km²

Shoreline

3 119,5km

Shore dev. idx

12,11

Residence time

1 628days

Elevation

487m

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