Ontologia

HydroLAKES lake · #168

Mweru wa Ntipa

Natural lakeZambiaAfrica 933 m

Surface area

1 449,04km²

Avg depth

3m

Volume

4 347,12km³

Shoreline

361,5km

Administrative coverage

Parent watershed

hybas-1081315980686 km² · upstream 7672 km²

2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

  • Kaputa
    Northern · Zambia
    867.13 km²
    60.1% of lake
  • Nsama
    Northern · Zambia
    575.88 km²
    39.9% of lake

2 intersecting protected areas

  • Mweru Wantipa

    IUCN II

    National Park

    1310.59 km² overlap

  • Kaputa

    IUCN VI

    Game Management Area

    4.49 km² overlap

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

Species present

148 distinct species · 217 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

217 obs · 19 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 75
56–74
9–55
4–8
< 4

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

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 Mweru wa Ntipa : 12 espèces reliées par 21 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
19
Interactions affichées
21
Connectance
0.123
Patrimoniales
0
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

1 449,04km²

Avg depth

3,0m

Volume

4 347,120km³

Watershed

11 431km²

Shoreline

361,5km

Shore dev. idx

2,68

Residence time

524days

Elevation

933m

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