Ontologia

HydroLAKES lake · #18

Malawi

Natural lakeMalawiAfrica 476 m

Surface area

29 544km²

Avg depth

261,3m

Volume

7 720 000km³

Shoreline

1 719km

Administrative coverage

Parent watershed

hybas-108136790062 km² · upstream 63003 km²

38 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

  • Lake Malawi
    Nkhata Bay · Malawi
    7168.64 km²
    24.4% of lake
  • Lago
    Nassa · Mozambique
    5754.11 km²
    19.6% of lake
  • Lake Malawi
    Karonga · Malawi
    4981.82 km²
    16.9% of lake
  • Lake Malawi
    Nkhotakota · Malawi
    3498.08 km²
    11.9% of lake
  • Lake Malawi
    Mangochi · Malawi
    2285.47 km²
    7.8% of lake
  • Lake Malawi
    Rumphi · Malawi
    1944.63 km²
    6.6% of lake

6 intersecting protected areas

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

Species present

2 113 distinct species · 24 583 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

24 583 obs · 301 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 1 573
147–1 572
34–146
9–33
< 9

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

Ecological tissue

Sample of 24 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 Malawi : 21 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 27 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
24
Interactions affichées
27
Connectance
0.098
Patrimoniales
2
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

29 544,00km²

Avg depth

261,3m

Volume

7 720 000,000km³

Watershed

128 727km²

Shoreline

1 719,0km

Shore dev. idx

2,82

Residence time

79 802days

Elevation

476m

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