Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · BFA
Parc National du W
- Area
- 3 116 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1990
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1990
- Managing authority
- La structure de protection du parc, est la Coordination du parc W située à Diapaga dans la Province de la Tapoa. Cette Coordination relève de la Direction de la Faune et des Chasses.
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
653 distinct species · 6 445 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 Parc National du W : 19 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 44 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 14.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology6 basins · 0 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
581,8km
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
8 262km²
Discharge in basins
10,3m³/s
Mean precip.
810mm/an
Mean T°
28,2°C
Moisture idx
-0,60
Mean runoff
73mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
258m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Ruisseausub-area2 210,4 km²overlap1283.54 km²41%
- Bassin de Ruisseausub-area1 001,1 km²overlap749.27 km²24%
- Bassin de Ruisseausub-area932 km²overlap427.27 km²14%
- Bassin de Tapoasub-area1 308,5 km²overlap326.81 km²10%
- Bassin de Mékrousub-area1 670 km²overlap267.65 km²9%
- Bassin du Pendjarisub-area1 889,5 km²overlap61.93 km²2%
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 11.88963, 2.20006
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.