Lake Chilwa
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 1996
2 110 km²
Commune · MWI
Malawi
Species observed
121
Observations
171
Area
52,7km²
Sample of 23 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 n.a. (2016) : 18 espèces reliées par 23 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
121 distinct species · 171 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
20,5°C
Annual rain
1 369mm
Warmest m°
28,1°C
Coldest m°
11,6°C
Elevation: 954 m on average (min 631 m, max 1 290 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
6,0
Org. C
18,6g/kg
Clay
22,5%
Sand
64,0%
Silt
13,5%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiMaggregated to SC Mposa
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
Basins crossed
1
Max drainage
2 282km²
Discharge in basins
0,6m³/s
Mean precip.
1 196mm/an
Mean T°
22,8°C
Moisture idx
-0,26
Mean runoff
406mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
694m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
39,9%
Pesticides
4,5kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 1996
2 110 km²
Forest Reserve · 1924
274 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN