HydroLAKES lake · #166
Rukwa
Surface area
5 894,78km²
Avg depth
3,5m
Volume
20 631,73km³
Shoreline
590,1km
Administrative coverage
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake RukwaRukwa · Tanzania2154.76 km²36.7% of lake
- Lake RukwaSongwe · Tanzania2085.19 km²35.5% of lake
- Lake RukwaKatavi · Tanzania795.07 km²13.5% of lake
- Sumbawanga RuralRukwa · Tanzania586.13 km²10.0% of lake
- MleleKatavi · Tanzania115.85 km²2.0% of lake
- SongweSongwe · Tanzania78.77 km²1.3% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Lukwati
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.11 km² overlap
Lake Rukwa G.R
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve
0.47 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
249 distinct species · 485 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 44 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 Rukwa : 36 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 39 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 3.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
5 894,78km²
Avg depth
3,5m
Volume
20 631,730km³
Watershed
79 610km²
Shoreline
590,1km
Shore dev. idx
2,17
Residence time
459days
Elevation
801m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.