Ontologia

HydroLAKES lake · #167

Mweru

Natural lakeDemocratic Republic of the CongoAfrica 921 m

Surface area

5 042,56km²

Avg depth

7,6m

Volume

38 200km³

Shoreline

572,1km

Administrative coverage

Parent watershed

hybas-1081318120632 km² · upstream 633 km²

4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

  • Pweto
    Haut-Katanga · Democratic Republic of the Congo
    2050.43 km²
    40.8% of lake
  • Chiengi
    Luapula · Zambia
    1520.33 km²
    30.3% of lake
  • Nchelenge
    Luapula · Zambia
    1449.68 km²
    28.9% of lake
  • Kasenga
    Haut-Katanga · Democratic Republic of the Congo
    1.25 km²
    0.0% of lake

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

Species present

663 distinct species · 2 149 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

2 149 obs · 45 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 472
146–471
22–145
6–21
< 6

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

Ecological tissue

Sample of 22 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 Mweru : 13 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 36 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 15.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
22
Interactions affichées
36
Connectance
0.156
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

5 042,56km²

Avg depth

7,6m

Volume

38 200,000km³

Watershed

216 299km²

Shoreline

572,1km

Shore dev. idx

2,27

Residence time

297days

Elevation

921m

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