HydroLAKES lake · #18
Malawi
Surface area
29 544km²
Avg depth
261,3m
Volume
7 720 000km³
Shoreline
1 719km
Administrative coverage
38 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake MalawiNkhata Bay · Malawi7168.64 km²24.4% of lake
- LagoNassa · Mozambique5754.11 km²19.6% of lake
- Lake MalawiKaronga · Malawi4981.82 km²16.9% of lake
- Lake MalawiNkhotakota · Malawi3498.08 km²11.9% of lake
- Lake MalawiMangochi · Malawi2285.47 km²7.8% of lake
- Lake MalawiRumphi · Malawi1944.63 km²6.6% of lake
6 intersecting protected areas
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
6815.46 km² overlap
Lago Niassa
IUCN IVNational Reserve
377.40 km² overlap
Lake Malawi National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
6.80 km² overlap
Lake Malawi National Park
IUCN IINational Park
2.30 km² overlap
North Senga
IUCN VIForest Reserve
0.15 km² overlap
Nkopola
IUCN VIForest Reserve
0.09 km² overlap
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.
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).
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).
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.