Ontologia

HydroLAKES lake · #1616

Kisale

Natural lakeDemocratic Republic of the CongoAfrica 562 m

Surface area

298,23km²

Avg depth

2,6m

Volume

780,25km³

Shoreline

172,2km

Administrative coverage

Parent watershed

hybas-1081305120709 km² · upstream 126905 km²

1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

  • Bukama
    Haut-Lomami · Democratic Republic of the Congo
    296.98 km²
    100.0% of lake

2 intersecting protected areas

  • Bassin de la Lufira

    IUCN II

    Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)

    296.98 km² overlap

  • Upemba

    IUCN II

    National Park

    0.10 km² overlap

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

Species present

58 distinct species · 150 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

150 obs · 5 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 105
105–104
36–104
5–35
< 5

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

Ecological tissue

Sample of 5 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 Kisale : 4 espèces reliées par 4 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 40.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
5
Interactions affichées
4
Connectance
0.400
Patrimoniales
0
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

298,23km²

Avg depth

2,6m

Volume

780,250km³

Watershed

126 718km²

Shoreline

172,2km

Shore dev. idx

2,81

Residence time

13days

Elevation

562m

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