Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · moz
Lake Niassa and its Coastal Zone
- Area
- 15 843 km²
- IUCN cat.
- VI
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- VI · Aire protégée avec utilisation durable
Conservation + utilisation durable des ressources
0 - Managing authority
- Ministry of Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries (MIMAIP)
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 143 distinct species · 23 360 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 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 Niassa and its Coastal Zone : 13 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 21 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 15.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology34 basins · 1 lakes · 1 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
55,3km
Lake surface here
6 815,46km²
Basins crossed
34
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
104 989km²
Discharge in basins
2 445,0m³/s
Mean precip.
1 329mm/an
Mean T°
23,2°C
Moisture idx
-0,12
Mean runoff
454mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
703m
Watersheds crossing here
- Basin #73550sub-area2 578,4 km²overlap2568.35 km²16%
- Bassin de Luaícesub-area2 263,3 km²overlap2152.66 km²14%
- Basin #81980sub-area1 940,1 km²overlap1918.20 km²12%
- Basin #87440sub-area2 407,1 km²overlap1676.03 km²11%
- Basin #70270sub-area1 859,9 km²overlap1437.14 km²9%
- Basin #66940sub-area1 496,6 km²overlap1309.16 km²8%
- Basin #64460sub-area1 273,7 km²overlap657.22 km²4%
- Basin #73460sub-area654,3 km²overlap597.84 km²4%
- Basin #79000sub-area559,2 km²overlap554.81 km²4%
25 more basinssorted by overlap
- Basin #68150sub-area542,7 km²overlap540.55 km²3%
- Bassin de Nkulasub-area1 709,4 km²overlap364.44 km²2%
- Bassin de Mesinjsub-area1 384,7 km²overlap351.09 km²2%
- Basin #61870sub-area414,1 km²overlap327.13 km²2%
- Basin #78410sub-area424,4 km²overlap323.87 km²2%
- Basin #85110sub-area434,1 km²overlap180.19 km²1%
- Basin #90650sub-area199,8 km²overlap152.52 km²1%
- Basin #83280sub-area391,7 km²overlap137.94 km²1%
- Basin #61470sub-area1 696,3 km²overlap113.16 km²1%
- Basin #78600sub-area683,1 km²overlap88.17 km²1%
- Basin #68160sub-area159,5 km²overlap67.98 km²0%
- Bassin de Dwambazisub-area2 043,2 km²overlap67.13 km²0%
- Bassin de Mlowesub-area1 381,5 km²overlap61.01 km²0%
- Basin #77760sub-area599,9 km²overlap54.08 km²0%
- Basin #61640sub-area114,5 km²overlap33.21 km²0%
- Basin #55800sub-area656,8 km²overlap29.23 km²0%
- Bassin de Rovumasub-area204,8 km²overlap22.27 km²0%
- Basin #67900sub-area61,7 km²overlap21.18 km²0%
- Basin #80130sub-area79,8 km²overlap14.72 km²0%
- Basin #82340sub-area18,5 km²overlap11.36 km²0%
- Basin #66900sub-area381,7 km²overlap7.66 km²0%
- Bassin de Lifulizasub-area1 390,1 km²overlap2.26 km²0%
- Basin #78590sub-area3 km²overlap0.02 km²0%
- Basin #64470sub-area460,1 km²overlap0.00 km²0%
- Basin #70280sub-area663 km²overlap0.00 km²0%
Lakes (1, top by area)
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
- -12.52044, 34.82850
- Open in maps
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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.