Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · uga
Lake Opeta Wetland System
- Area
- 566 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2006
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 2006
- Managing authority
- Central Government: National Environmental Management Authority & Wetlands Inspection Division. District Local Government (& sub-counties): Nakapiripirit (Namalu and Lorachat); Sironko (Bunambutye); Katakwi (Magoro), and Kumi (Kolir, Malera and Ongi*
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 33 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 Opeta Wetland System : 28 espèces reliées par 39 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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 · 14 lakes · 0 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Lake surface here
102,49km²
Basins crossed
9
Max drainage
10 087km²
Discharge in basins
24,7m³/s
Mean precip.
1 216mm/an
Mean T°
21,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,30
Max snow
1%
Mean runoff
97mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 318m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de River Giriksub-area2 721 km²overlap194.14 km²34%
- Bassin de Simusub-area1 726,6 km²overlap145.21 km²26%
- Basin #03600sub-area220,4 km²overlap65.70 km²12%
- Basin #03840sub-area109,8 km²overlap60.77 km²11%
- Basin #03460sub-area86,6 km²overlap36.22 km²6%
- Basin #03360sub-area980 km²overlap34.18 km²6%
- Bassin de River Lokomsub-area2 193,1 km²overlap19.70 km²3%
- Bassin de Akokoro Riversub-area490,2 km²overlap5.58 km²1%
- Bassin de River Nakirongetsub-area1 559 km²overlap4.60 km²1%
Lakes (14, top by area)
- Bisinaarea153,4 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lake Opetaarea49,3 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lake #80552area2,5 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lake #80551area1,8 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lake #80548area1,3 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lake Opetaarea1,1 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lake #80550area1 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lac 1406571area0,8 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1406576area0,4 km²avg depth1.1 m
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
- 1.62133, 34.16047
- 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.