Lake Niassa and its Coastal Zone
IUCN VIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
15 843 km²
Commune · MOZ
Sanga (Unango Sede)
Mozambique
CwaTemperate, dry winter, hot summer(72 %)
Species observed
337
Observations
1 443
Area
1 944,9km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Sanga (Unango Sede) : 29 espèces reliées par 30 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
35
Interactions affichées
30
Connectance
0.050
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
337 distinct species · 1 443 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
20,2°C
Annual rain
1 036mm
Warmest m°
28,1°C
Coldest m°
11,0°C
Elevation: 1 111 m on average (min 846 m, max 1 770 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
20,2°C
Annual rain
1 036mm
Warmest month
28,1°C
Coldest month
11,0°C
Mean alt.
1 111m
Min
846m
Max
1 770m
Std. dev.
179m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
CwaTemperate, dry winter, hot summer(72 %)Temperate
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
5,8
Org. C
14,9g/kg
Clay
32,5%
Sand
47,4%
Silt
20,1%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiMaggregated to Sanga
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
5,8
Org. C
19,4g/kg
Clay
30,0%
Sand
49,5%
Silt
20,5%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
5,8
Org. C
14,8g/kg
Clay
30,5%
Sand
48,7%
Silt
20,8%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
5,7
Org. C
10,5g/kg
Clay
36,9%
Sand
44,0%
Silt
19,1%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest37.0%
Crops16.0%
Built-up0.1%
Bare soil0.1%
Other (grassland, water…)46.8%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology13 basins · 0 lakes · 0 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Basins crossed
13
Max drainage
5 896km²
Discharge in basins
128,6m³/s
Mean precip.
1 345mm/an
Mean T°
20,8°C
Moisture idx
-0,09
Mean runoff
636mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 083m
Watersheds crossing here
- Basin #78600sub-area683,1 km²overlap659.79 km²34%
- Basin #70270sub-area1 859,9 km²overlap389.19 km²20%
- Basin #77760sub-area599,9 km²overlap262.60 km²14%
- Basin #83280sub-area391,7 km²overlap261.56 km²13%
- Basin #85110sub-area434,1 km²overlap130.69 km²7%
- Basin #80780sub-area472,4 km²overlap101.87 km²5%
- Basin #83370sub-area119,3 km²overlap45.55 km²2%
- Basin #78610sub-area173,5 km²overlap38.54 km²2%
- Basin #85120sub-area916,9 km²overlap37.11 km²2%
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
9,6%
Pesticides
1,2kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas1
IUCN VI · 1
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN