Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · tza
Kilombero Valley Floodplain
- Area
- 7 956 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2002
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 2002
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 040 distinct species · 10 974 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 Kilombero Valley Floodplain : 24 espèces + 1 bulle famille, 17 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 5.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology39 basins · 4 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
249,6km
Lake surface here
2,48km²
Basins crossed
39
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
35 260km²
Discharge in basins
2 990,5m³/s
Mean precip.
1 398mm/an
Mean T°
24,7°C
Moisture idx
-0,06
Mean runoff
479mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
425m
Watersheds crossing here
- Basin #05700sub-area2 751,6 km²overlap1727.47 km²22%
- Bassin de Sanjesub-area1 602,8 km²overlap640.49 km²8%
- Basin #10380sub-area700,3 km²overlap565.38 km²7%
- Bassin de Kilombero Riversub-area581,6 km²overlap543.20 km²7%
- Bassin de Ruahasub-area460,6 km²overlap444.88 km²6%
- Bassin de Kilombero Riversub-area495,4 km²overlap409.73 km²5%
- Bassin de Kilombero Riversub-area453,2 km²overlap369.68 km²5%
- Basin #15300sub-area596,4 km²overlap353.45 km²4%
- Bassin de Kihansi Riversub-area1 320,3 km²overlap334.17 km²4%
30 more basinssorted by overlap
- Basin #09200sub-area429,9 km²overlap268.16 km²3%
- Basin #13880sub-area439 km²overlap241.21 km²3%
- Basin #03840sub-area563,5 km²overlap203.50 km²3%
- Basin #15850sub-area183,1 km²overlap176.06 km²2%
- Basin #15800sub-area169,8 km²overlap169.12 km²2%
- Bassin de Ruhudji Riversub-area1 760,5 km²overlap143.34 km²2%
- Basin #06270sub-area1 692,2 km²overlap142.93 km²2%
- Basin #14830sub-area1 434,9 km²overlap130.36 km²2%
- Basin #07890sub-area128 km²overlap127.45 km²2%
- Bassin de Ulanga Riversub-area425,9 km²overlap118.20 km²1%
- Bassin de Ruhudji Riversub-area518,2 km²overlap110.28 km²1%
- Basin #15290sub-area94,3 km²overlap93.90 km²1%
- Basin #13770sub-area94,1 km²overlap93.74 km²1%
- Basin #05620sub-area575,6 km²overlap93.72 km²1%
- Basin #07690sub-area460,1 km²overlap81.38 km²1%
- Basin #20820sub-area2 487,8 km²overlap70.30 km²1%
- Bassin de Ulanga Riversub-area499,3 km²overlap58.06 km²1%
- Bassin de Kilombero Riversub-area52,8 km²overlap52.57 km²1%
- Basin #17070sub-area326,8 km²overlap43.91 km²1%
- Basin #17210sub-area150,2 km²overlap42.86 km²1%
- Bassin de Kilombero Riversub-area26,5 km²overlap26.39 km²0%
- Basin #09390sub-area26,3 km²overlap26.16 km²0%
- Basin #17280sub-area16,8 km²overlap16.71 km²0%
- Basin #14820sub-area11,7 km²overlap11.68 km²0%
- Basin #20030sub-area614,7 km²overlap9.20 km²0%
- Bassin de LUMEMOsub-area9,3 km²overlap8.93 km²0%
- Bassin de Ruahasub-area203,4 km²overlap4.65 km²0%
- Bassin de LUMEMOsub-area674,9 km²overlap1.03 km²0%
- Bassin de Ruahasub-area535,8 km²overlap0.79 km²0%
- Bassin de Ulanga Riversub-area863,2 km²overlap0.76 km²0%
Lakes (4, top by area)
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- Kilombero Riverord 6len here144.40 km98%total147 km
- Ulanga Riverord 6len here48.59 km22%total216 km
- Ruahaord 4len here31.34 km15%total205 km
- Ruhudji Riverord 4len here16.13 km9%total172 km
- Kihansi Riverord 3len here3.73 km9%total44 km
- LUMEMOord 6len here2.74 km3%total89 km
- river channelord 6len here2.68 km100%total3 km
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
- -8.63956, 36.16690
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.