HydroLAKES lake · #1627
Malombe
Surface area
309,57km²
Avg depth
4,3m
Volume
1 340,64km³
Shoreline
90,6km
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake MalombeMangochi · Malawi300.51 km²97.4% of lake
- TA ChimwalaMangochi · Malawi5.25 km²1.7% of lake
- SC ChoweMangochi · Malawi2.69 km²0.9% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Liwonde National Park
IUCN IINational Park
1.01 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
315 distinct species · 796 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 46 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 Malombe : 42 espèces reliées par 42 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 4.1%, 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).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
309,57km²
Avg depth
4,3m
Volume
1 340,640km³
Watershed
130 759km²
Shoreline
90,6km
Shore dev. idx
1,45
Residence time
13days
Elevation
473m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.