Lake Chilwa
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 1996
2 110 km²
Sub-chief · MWI
Malawi
Species observed
238
Observations
386
Area
213,4km²
Sample of 39 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).
Tissu écologique de SC Mposa : 31 espèces reliées par 39 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 5.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
238 distinct species · 386 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
22,3°C
Annual rain
1 202mm
Warmest m°
29,6°C
Coldest m°
13,9°C
Elevation: 714 m on average (min 623 m, max 1 290 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
6,1
Org. C
17,4g/kg
Clay
21,7%
Sand
64,9%
Silt
13,4%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiM
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
6,8km
Lake surface here
29,38km²
Basins crossed
2
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
2 282km²
Discharge in basins
2,2m³/s
Mean precip.
1 196mm/an
Mean T°
22,8°C
Moisture idx
-0,26
Mean runoff
406mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
694m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
70,4%
Pesticides
4,7kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 1996
2 110 km²
Forest Reserve · 1924
274 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN