Lake Chivero and Manyame
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 2013
296 km²
District · ZWE
Seke
Zimbabwe
CwaTemperate, dry winter, hot summer(82 %)
Species observed
399
Observations
2 078
Area
2 637,2km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 Seke : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 22 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
26
Interactions affichées
22
Connectance
0.068
Patrimoniales
1
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
399 distinct species · 2 078 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
19,2°C
Annual rain
718mm
Warmest m°
28,3°C
Coldest m°
7,9°C
Elevation: 1 372 m on average (min 1 262 m, max 1 609 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
19,2°C
Annual rain
718mm
Warmest month
28,3°C
Coldest month
7,9°C
Mean alt.
1 372m
Min
1 262m
Max
1 609m
Std. dev.
62m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
CwaTemperate, dry winter, hot summer(82 %)Temperate
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
6,1
Org. C
10,9g/kg
Clay
25,0%
Sand
57,1%
Silt
17,9%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: vbGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
6,1
Org. C
14,6g/kg
Clay
23,9%
Sand
58,1%
Silt
18,0%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
6,1
Org. C
11,6g/kg
Clay
24,3%
Sand
57,5%
Silt
18,2%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
6,1
Org. C
6,5g/kg
Clay
26,8%
Sand
55,8%
Silt
17,4%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest15.9%
Crops36.4%
Built-up0.6%
Bare soil0.6%
Other (grassland, water…)46.5%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology14 basins · 25 lakes · 4 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
136,2km
Lake surface here
9,58km²
Basins crossed
14
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
3 078km²
Discharge in basins
16,1m³/s
Mean precip.
765mm/an
Mean T°
18,3°C
Moisture idx
-0,51
Mean runoff
93mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 383m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Mupfure Riversub-area675,5 km²overlap673.39 km²26%
- Bassin de Mupfure Riversub-area1 248,9 km²overlap579.90 km²22%
- Bassin de Manyame Riversub-area598,8 km²overlap326.44 km²12%
- Basin #83940sub-area317,1 km²overlap316.10 km²12%
- Bassin de Mupfure Riversub-area276,1 km²overlap224.49 km²9%
- Bassin de Ngezisub-area1 735,8 km²overlap177.39 km²7%
- Bassin de Manyame Riversub-area1 209,8 km²overlap110.90 km²4%
- Bassin de Mupfure Riversub-area277,4 km²overlap100.55 km²4%
- Bassin de Manyame Riversub-area821,1 km²overlap99.99 km²4%
Lakes (25, top by area)
- Lake Chiveroarea22,8 km²avg depth13.2 m
- Lake #82622area2,7 km²avg depth6.5 m
- Lake #82574area1,8 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 1415280area0,8 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lac 1415256area0,7 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lac 1415365area0,6 km²avg depth3.0 m
- Lac 1415135area0,4 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 1415212area0,4 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1415191area0,4 km²avg depth2.4 m
16 more lakes
- Lac 1415361area0,4 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 1415189area0,3 km²avg depth3.4 m
- Lac 1415305area0,3 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lac 1415239area0,3 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1415255area0,3 km²avg depth2.9 m
- Lac 1415182area0,2 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1415216area0,2 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Lac 1415319area0,2 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1415193area0,2 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1415206area0,2 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lac 1415188area0,1 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1415286area0,1 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 1415246area0,1 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lac 1415304area0,1 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1415269area0,1 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1415238area0,1 km²avg depth2.3 m
Rivers / streams (4, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
0,1nW
Built-up
54,9%
Pesticides
4,5kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas2
IUCN II · 1IUCN V · 1
Lake Chivero
IUCN VRecreation Park · 1975
71 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN