Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · nga
Lake Chad Wetlands in Nigeria
- Area
- 6 038 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2008
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 2008
- Managing authority
- Permanent Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Maiduguri, Borno State Permanent Secretary Ministry of Environment, Maiduguri, Borno State
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 12 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 Lake Chad Wetlands in Nigeria : 10 espèces reliées par 9 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 13.6%, 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).
Hydrology21 basins · 14 lakes · 1 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
6,2km
Lake surface here
4 095,75km²
Basins crossed
21
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
248 079km²
Discharge in basins
230,2m³/s
Mean precip.
337mm/an
Mean T°
27,2°C
Moisture idx
-0,84
Mean runoff
37mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
284m
Watersheds crossing here
- Basin #91580sub-area914,3 km²overlap755.51 km²13%
- Basin #07490sub-area2 303,9 km²overlap697.29 km²12%
- Basin #84200sub-area950,9 km²overlap618.46 km²10%
- Basin #03530sub-area715,2 km²overlap551.63 km²9%
- Basin #07270sub-area567,7 km²overlap532.12 km²9%
- Basin #84210sub-area448,3 km²overlap444.46 km²7%
- Bassin de Charisub-area939 km²overlap348.34 km²6%
- Basin #93080sub-area1 028,4 km²overlap333.67 km²6%
- Basin #92200sub-area645,3 km²overlap310.96 km²5%
12 more basinssorted by overlap
- Basin #79820sub-area1 306,3 km²overlap272.22 km²5%
- Basin #95540sub-area2 003,3 km²overlap253.63 km²4%
- Basin #72000sub-area611,5 km²overlap240.65 km²4%
- Basin #20160sub-area1 717,9 km²overlap157.13 km²3%
- Basin #91820sub-area305,4 km²overlap130.33 km²2%
- Basin #15650sub-area86,7 km²overlap86.33 km²1%
- Bassin de El Béidsub-area832,3 km²overlap83.46 km²1%
- Basin #71990sub-area95,5 km²overlap71.48 km²1%
- Basin #79950sub-area464,6 km²overlap65.79 km²1%
- Bassin de Mbuli Riversub-area177,1 km²overlap53.98 km²1%
- Basin #92030sub-area24,4 km²overlap24.33 km²0%
- Basin #70570sub-area89,5 km²overlap5.89 km²0%
Lakes (14, top by area)
- Chadarea18 751,5 km²avg depth0.1 m
- Lac 1399855area0,5 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1400230area0,5 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1399411area0,4 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1400212area0,4 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1400189area0,3 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1399481area0,3 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1399348area0,3 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1399351area0,2 km²avg depth1.3 m
Rivers / streams (1, 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
- 13.06087, 13.93991
- 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.