Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · gha
Keta Lagoon Complex Ramsar Site
- Area
- 1 359 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 1992
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 1992
- Managing authority
- Wildlife Division/(Forestry Commission) - Keta Lagoon Complex Ramsar Site
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
586 distinct species · 2 843 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Keta Lagoon Complex Ramsar Site : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 2 bulles famille, 24 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 5.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 2 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology10 basins · 18 lakes · 2 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
15,6km
Lake surface here
13,97km²
Basins crossed
10
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
412 649km²
Discharge in basins
441,2m³/s
Mean precip.
904mm/an
Mean T°
27,0°C
Moisture idx
-0,37
Mean runoff
165mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
10m
Watersheds crossing here
- Basin #23250sub-area668,3 km²overlap614.13 km²45%
- Bassin de Todziesub-area471,2 km²overlap352.00 km²26%
- Basin #23200sub-area624,9 km²overlap73.37 km²5%
- Bassin de Voltasub-area129,7 km²overlap48.99 km²4%
- Basin #23190sub-area139,1 km²overlap38.77 km²3%
- Basin #23210sub-area29,1 km²overlap18.24 km²1%
- Basin #23240sub-area356,5 km²overlap11.70 km²1%
- Basin #23220sub-area441 km²overlap8.75 km²1%
- Bassin de Voltasub-area131,3 km²overlap5.79 km²0%
1 more basinssorted by overlap
Lakes (18, top by area)
- Keta lagoonarea2,8 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Avu Lagoonarea2,5 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Keta lagoonarea2,2 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Keta lagoonarea1,1 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1405782area0,9 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1405741area0,8 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1405769area0,6 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1405802area0,6 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1405785area0,5 km²avg depth1.7 m
9 more lakes
- Lac 1405786area0,4 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1405791area0,3 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lac 1405795area0,2 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1405753area0,2 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1405796area0,2 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1405793area0,2 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1405783area0,1 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1405781area0,1 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lac 1405807area0,1 km²avg depth1.2 m
Rivers / streams (2, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 5.95080, 0.81622
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.