Ontologia

HydroLAKES lake · #166

Rukwa

Natural lakeUnited Republic of TanzaniaAfrica 801 m

Surface area

5 894,78km²

Avg depth

3,5m

Volume

20 631,73km³

Shoreline

590,1km

Administrative coverage

Parent watershed

hybas-10812993802220 km² · upstream 2220 km²

7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

  • Lake Rukwa
    Rukwa · Tanzania
    2154.76 km²
    36.7% of lake
  • Lake Rukwa
    Songwe · Tanzania
    2085.19 km²
    35.5% of lake
  • Lake Rukwa
    Katavi · Tanzania
    795.07 km²
    13.5% of lake
  • Sumbawanga Rural
    Rukwa · Tanzania
    586.13 km²
    10.0% of lake
  • Mlele
    Katavi · Tanzania
    115.85 km²
    2.0% of lake
  • Songwe
    Songwe · Tanzania
    78.77 km²
    1.3% of lake

2 intersecting protected areas

  • Lukwati

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    1.11 km² overlap

  • Lake Rukwa G.R

    IUCN Not Reported

    Game 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.

Densité d'observations

485 obs · 44 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 112
25–111
5–24
2–4
< 2

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

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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

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).

Espèces affichées
45
Interactions affichées
39
Connectance
0.039
Patrimoniales
1
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

5 894,78km²

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.