Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve · 1954
1 785 km²
Sub-chief · MWI
SC Khosolo Gwaza Jere
Malawi
CwaTemperate, dry winter, hot summer(65 %)
Species observed
27
Observations
56
Area
938,6km²
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Species present
27 distinct species · 56 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
19,5°C
Annual rain
1 148mm
Warmest m°
27,2°C
Coldest m°
10,5°C
Elevation: 1 100 m on average (min 497 m, max 1 595 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
19,5°C
Annual rain
1 148mm
Warmest month
27,2°C
Coldest month
10,5°C
Mean alt.
1 100m
Min
497m
Max
1 595m
Std. dev.
242m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
CwaTemperate, dry winter, hot summer(65 %)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
15,1g/kg
Clay
32,0%
Sand
56,2%
Silt
11,8%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
5,8
Org. C
19,2g/kg
Clay
30,9%
Sand
57,1%
Silt
12,0%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
5,8
Org. C
15,6g/kg
Clay
31,6%
Sand
56,5%
Silt
11,9%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
5,8
Org. C
10,4g/kg
Clay
33,4%
Sand
55,0%
Silt
11,6%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest24.9%
Crops25.9%
Built-up0.5%
Bare soil0.7%
Other (grassland, water…)48.1%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology5 basins · 0 lakes · 3 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
95,0km
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
8 286km²
Discharge in basins
10,8m³/s
Mean precip.
1 126mm/an
Mean T°
20,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,25
Mean runoff
181mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 095m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (3, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
48,1%
Pesticides
5,2kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas1
IUCN IV · 1
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN