Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 2017
43 408 km²
Territory · COD
Malemba-Nkulu
Democratic Republic of the Congo
AwTropical, savannah(100 %)
Species observed
335
Observations
808
Area
15 008,8km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 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 Malemba-Nkulu : 15 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 13 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
19
Interactions affichées
13
Connectance
0.076
Patrimoniales
1
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
335 distinct species · 808 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
24,2°C
Annual rain
1 440mm
Warmest m°
33,1°C
Coldest m°
18,3°C
Elevation: 775 m on average (min 558 m, max 1 691 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
24,2°C
Annual rain
1 440mm
Warmest month
33,1°C
Coldest month
18,3°C
Mean alt.
775m
Min
558m
Max
1 691m
Std. dev.
202m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
AwTropical, savannah(100 %)Tropical
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
5,6
Org. C
17,4g/kg
Clay
27,1%
Sand
54,7%
Silt
18,2%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
5,6
Org. C
25,3g/kg
Clay
26,9%
Sand
54,9%
Silt
18,2%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
5,5
Org. C
16,4g/kg
Clay
26,5%
Sand
55,1%
Silt
18,3%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
5,5
Org. C
10,5g/kg
Clay
28,0%
Sand
54,0%
Silt
18,0%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest46.6%
Crops2.7%
Built-up0.1%
Bare soil0.0%
Other (grassland, water…)50.5%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology36 basins · 49 lakes · 23 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
959,4km
Lake surface here
314,04km²
Basins crossed
36
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
161 879km²
Discharge in basins
2 363,1m³/s
Mean precip.
1 056mm/an
Mean T°
24,0°C
Moisture idx
-0,40
Mean runoff
188mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
783m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Lwalabasub-area2 429,3 km²overlap2207.42 km²15%
- Bassin de Kalumengongosub-area1 313,3 km²overlap1307.73 km²9%
- Bassin de Lwalabasub-area1 319,5 km²overlap1204.63 km²8%
- Basin #90350sub-area1 073,4 km²overlap1067.98 km²7%
- Bassin de Lovoisub-area1 119,7 km²overlap973.26 km²6%
- Basin #02550sub-area926,1 km²overlap921.50 km²6%
- Bassin de Lukushisub-area744,8 km²overlap738.26 km²5%
- Bassin de Lubumbusub-area1 342,6 km²overlap709.54 km²5%
- Bassin de Lovoisub-area1 716,1 km²overlap586.89 km²4%
27 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Kafingasub-area658,3 km²overlap526.21 km²4%
- Basin #98330sub-area473,1 km²overlap471.14 km²3%
- Bassin de Luvinzasub-area1 382,1 km²overlap465.08 km²3%
- Bassin de Muntesub-area890,9 km²overlap425.90 km²3%
- Bassin de Bumbushisub-area521,9 km²overlap414.03 km²3%
- Bassin de Kalumengongosub-area2 522 km²overlap394.35 km²3%
- Bassin de Lufirasub-area853,2 km²overlap296.12 km²2%
- Bassin de Lukushisub-area271,7 km²overlap270.56 km²2%
- Bassin de Luosub-area267,9 km²overlap253.86 km²2%
- Bassin de Lwalabasub-area2 188,9 km²overlap239.75 km²2%
- Bassin de Kaisub-area1 142,7 km²overlap204.57 km²1%
- Bassin de Luvidjosub-area1 325,9 km²overlap191.43 km²1%
- Bassin de Lovoisub-area233,7 km²overlap188.51 km²1%
- Bassin de Lovoisub-area491,1 km²overlap181.85 km²1%
- Bassin de Luendesub-area257,8 km²overlap157.11 km²1%
- Bassin de Luosub-area141,6 km²overlap140.97 km²1%
- Bassin de Lufirasub-area708,6 km²overlap110.06 km²1%
- Bassin de Lovoisub-area318,3 km²overlap108.70 km²1%
- Bassin de Lukushisub-area338,5 km²overlap93.05 km²1%
- Bassin de Luvidjosub-area316,9 km²overlap62.89 km²0%
- Bassin de Luwesub-area2 738,2 km²overlap47.98 km²0%
- Bassin de Lovoisub-area213,4 km²overlap43.89 km²0%
- Bassin de Lwalabasub-area2,3 km²overlap2.31 km²0%
- Bassin de Lwalabasub-area77,2 km²overlap0.74 km²0%
- Bassin de Lovoisub-area770,9 km²overlap0.24 km²0%
- Bassin de Lovoisub-area293,2 km²overlap0.23 km²0%
- Bassin de Lufirasub-area838,9 km²overlap0.03 km²0%
Lakes (49, top by area)
- Zimbamboarea164,6 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Kabambaarea108,9 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac Kalambuearea11,2 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac Kitangaarea10,1 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #81661area5,1 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac Songwearea4,5 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac Kalengaarea3,4 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac Kalombwearea2,3 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lake #81662area2,1 km²avg depth1.7 m
40 more lakes
- Lac Bowearea1,1 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1410681area0,8 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1410608area0,8 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1410647area0,7 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1410587area0,7 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1410727area0,7 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1410707area0,7 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1410702area0,7 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1410712area0,5 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1410251area0,5 km²avg depth3.0 m
- Lac 1410619area0,5 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1410544area0,5 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lac 1410617area0,4 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1410603area0,4 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1410718area0,4 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1410654area0,4 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lac 1410549area0,4 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1410582area0,3 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1410570area0,3 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1410666area0,3 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1410676area0,2 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1410543area0,2 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1410683area0,2 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lac 1410720area0,2 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1410659area0,2 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1410584area0,2 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1410620area0,2 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lac 1410344area0,2 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1410588area0,2 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1410599area0,2 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1410583area0,2 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lac 1410715area0,2 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1410589area0,2 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1410605area0,1 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1410651area0,1 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1410453area0,1 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1410500area0,1 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1410602area0,1 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lac 1410660area0,1 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lac 1410684area0,1 km²avg depth0.5 m
Rivers / streams (23, ord ≥ 4)
- Lwalabaord 8len here211.49 km6%total3690 km
- Lukushiord 4len here107.74 km55%total197 km
- Lovoiord 5len here100.28 km16%total609 km
- Luoord 4len here81.12 km100%total81 km
- Kalumengongoord 5len here62.16 km15%total412 km
- Kafingaord 3len here60.10 km81%total75 km
- Munteord 4len here58.56 km79%total74 km
- Lufiraord 7len here43.62 km3%total1314 km
- Luvinzaord 3len here38.44 km33%total118 km
- Luvidjoord 5len here37.96 km10%total377 km
- Lubilweord 1len here33.31 km100%total33 km
- Bumbushiord 4len here31.61 km59%total54 km
11 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Kaiord 4len here20.69 km23%total91 km
- Mukoneyord 6len here15.12 km99%total15 km
- Kalalaord 2len here12.31 km83%total15 km
- Kibondoziord 1len here11.56 km100%total12 km
- Lubuleord 4len here10.43 km3%total399 km
- Lubumbuord 4len here9.73 km22%total44 km
- Lubindaord 1len here5.23 km100%total5 km
- Kafweord 3len here2.57 km2%total108 km
- Luendeord 2len here2.06 km4%total52 km
- Kambuguord 2len here1.70 km8%total22 km
- Kisoikunangiord 4len here1.59 km24%total7 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
12,9%
Pesticides
31,6kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas2
IUCN II · 2
Upemba
IUCN IINational Park · 1939
12 458 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN