Lacs du Nord
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Landscape
186 km²
Commune · RWA
Kibilizi
Rwanda
AwTropical, savannah(100 %)
Species observed
33
Observations
51
Area
83,1km²
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Species present
33 distinct species · 51 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
20,8°C
Annual rain
981mm
Warmest m°
26,9°C
Coldest m°
15,1°C
Elevation: 1 446 m on average (min 1 348 m, max 1 557 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
20,8°C
Annual rain
981mm
Warmest month
26,9°C
Coldest month
15,1°C
Mean alt.
1 446m
Min
1 348m
Max
1 557m
Std. dev.
56m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
AwTropical, savannah(100 %)Tropical
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
5,8
Org. C
27,5g/kg
Clay
36,7%
Sand
43,2%
Silt
20,0%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiMaggregated to Nyanza
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
5,9
Org. C
37,4g/kg
Clay
36,9%
Sand
43,0%
Silt
20,1%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
5,8
Org. C
24,6g/kg
Clay
35,9%
Sand
43,9%
Silt
20,2%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
5,7
Org. C
20,5g/kg
Clay
37,4%
Sand
42,8%
Silt
19,8%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest9.2%
Crops31.7%
Built-up2.4%
Bare soil1.8%
Other (grassland, water…)54.9%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology3 basins · 0 lakes · 5 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
18,9km
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
4 842km²
Discharge in basins
16,7m³/s
Mean precip.
1 114mm/an
Mean T°
20,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,30
Mean runoff
224mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 488m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (5, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
4hab/km²
Built-up
243,3%
Pesticides
4,1kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas1
IUCN Not Reported · 1
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN