Lower Kaduna-Middle Niger Floodplain
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 2008
2 285 km²
Local Authority · NGA
Nigeria
Species observed
214
Observations
933
Area
1 725,6km²
Sample of 13 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).
Tissu écologique de Katcha : 11 espèces reliées par 10 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 12.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
214 distinct species · 933 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
28,6°C
Annual rain
1 188mm
Warmest m°
38,1°C
Coldest m°
21,2°C
Elevation: 102 m on average (min 51 m, max 211 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
6,0
Org. C
9,0g/kg
Clay
16,2%
Sand
64,8%
Silt
19,0%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiM
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
116,9km
Lake surface here
1,55km²
Basins crossed
9
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
1 708 574km²
Discharge in basins
2 070,2m³/s
Mean precip.
1 204mm/an
Mean T°
27,8°C
Moisture idx
-0,36
Mean runoff
400mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
149m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
28,8%
Pesticides
43,2kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 2008
2 285 km²
Forest Reserve
63 km²
Forest Reserve
21 km²
Forest Reserve
7 km²
Forest Reserve
2 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN