Lake Niassa and its Coastal Zone
IUCN VIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
15 843 km²
District · mwi
Malawi
Species observed
2 002
Observations
18 819
Area
9 058,9km²
Sample of 18 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).
Tissu écologique de Mangochi : 15 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 17 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.1%, 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).
2 002 distinct species · 18 819 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
23,3°C
Annual rain
1 046mm
Warmest m°
30,2°C
Coldest m°
15,4°C
Elevation: 649 m on average (min 474 m, max 1 529 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
6,1
Org. C
13,4g/kg
Clay
22,6%
Sand
68,6%
Silt
8,8%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
579,6km
Lake surface here
2 616,21km²
Basins crossed
24
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
130 877km²
Discharge in basins
4 095,3m³/s
Mean precip.
969mm/an
Mean T°
23,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,39
Mean runoff
247mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
656m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
57,9%
Pesticides
5,3kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
15 843 km²
Forest Reserve · 1924
889 km²
National Park · 1973
505 km²
Forest Reserve · 1924
408 km²
Forest Reserve · 1924
164 km²
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 1984
87 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN