Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · mwi
Lake Chilwa
- Area
- 2 110 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1996
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 1996
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
467 distinct species · 1 064 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Chilwa : 31 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 39 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology9 basins · 1 lakes · 8 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
41,5km
Lake surface here
1 035,66km²
Basins crossed
9
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
8 784km²
Discharge in basins
125,5m³/s
Mean precip.
1 297mm/an
Mean T°
22,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,19
Mean runoff
449mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
714m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Domasi Riversub-area2 281,8 km²overlap1034.42 km²49%
- Bassin de Likangalasub-area1 330,8 km²overlap461.48 km²22%
- Bassin de Namichimba Riversub-area2 135,8 km²overlap329.21 km²16%
- Basin #41770sub-area254,9 km²overlap104.55 km²5%
- Bassin de Phalombesub-area1 465,2 km²overlap93.86 km²4%
- Basin #25600sub-area1 298,5 km²overlap44.34 km²2%
- Basin #25690sub-area16,3 km²overlap16.28 km²1%
- Bassin de Mlilisub-area396 km²overlap14.54 km²1%
- Basin #18230sub-area186,3 km²overlap10.86 km²1%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (8, ord ≥ 4)
- Songaniord 2len here10.31 km46%total22 km
- Likangalaord 3len here10.10 km15%total68 km
- Naisiord 2len here8.15 km34%total24 km
- Nkandeord 2len here3.87 km26%total15 km
- Sombaniord 4len here3.52 km27%total13 km
- Nambazi Riverord 1len here2.83 km58%total5 km
- Domasi Riverord 3len here1.43 km4%total34 km
- Muliraord 4len here1.24 km9%total14 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
- -15.28015, 35.64992
- 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.