World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · tza
Selous Game Reserve
- Area
- 47 215 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 1982
Overview
- Designation
- World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
- Established
- 1982
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 069 distinct species · 33 040 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 9 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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Selous Game Reserve : 6 espèces + 3 bulles famille, 7 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 19.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 3 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology88 basins · 15 lakes · 9 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
2 049,0km
Lake surface here
16,28km²
Basins crossed
88
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
160 928km²
Discharge in basins
9 957,7m³/s
Mean precip.
1 199mm/an
Mean T°
24,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,19
Mean runoff
296mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
404m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Mbarangandu Riversub-area4 583 km²overlap3858.47 km²8%
- Bassin de Luwegusub-area2 725,4 km²overlap2711.32 km²6%
- Basin #00850sub-area2 179,4 km²overlap2145.70 km²5%
- Bassin de Mkujusub-area1 904,6 km²overlap1868.51 km²4%
- Bassin de Luwegusub-area1 580,1 km²overlap1573.52 km²3%
- Bassin de Rufijisub-area1 471 km²overlap1464.80 km²3%
- Bassin de Rufijisub-area1 441,3 km²overlap1435.26 km²3%
- Basin #20940sub-area2 214,5 km²overlap1397.05 km²3%
- Basin #07210sub-area1 305,1 km²overlap1294.06 km²3%
79 more basinssorted by overlap
- Basin #98440sub-area2 157,4 km²overlap1277.95 km²3%
- Bassin de Luwegusub-area1 265,8 km²overlap1260.65 km²3%
- Bassin de Ulanga Riversub-area1 258,7 km²overlap1240.61 km²3%
- Basin #19500sub-area1 130,8 km²overlap1126.12 km²2%
- Basin #07300sub-area1 623,1 km²overlap1089.77 km²2%
- Bassin de Rufijisub-area1 080,2 km²overlap1075.60 km²2%
- Bassin de Mkujusub-area1 088,3 km²overlap1035.26 km²2%
- Bassin de Luwegusub-area1 221,1 km²overlap951.72 km²2%
- Bassin de Rufijisub-area939,3 km²overlap935.38 km²2%
- Bassin de Luwegusub-area920,7 km²overlap877.70 km²2%
- Bassin de Ulanga Riversub-area863,2 km²overlap859.56 km²2%
- Bassin de Rufijisub-area848,3 km²overlap844.80 km²2%
- Bassin de Great Ruahasub-area843,2 km²overlap839.63 km²2%
- Bassin de Great Ruahasub-area1 018,4 km²overlap815.29 km²2%
- Bassin de Rufijisub-area689,3 km²overlap686.41 km²1%
- Bassin de Luwegusub-area682,3 km²overlap678.49 km²1%
- Basin #03710sub-area678,5 km²overlap675.68 km²1%
- Basin #06920sub-area666,9 km²overlap663.91 km²1%
- Basin #17500sub-area654,6 km²overlap613.05 km²1%
- Basin #89110sub-area1 264 km²overlap568.34 km²1%
- Basin #97210sub-area565,6 km²overlap549.22 km²1%
- Bassin de Luwegusub-area622,5 km²overlap509.82 km²1%
- Bassin de Sanjesub-area1 602,8 km²overlap492.16 km²1%
- Basin #18360sub-area467,8 km²overlap465.86 km²1%
- Bassin de Luwegusub-area459,1 km²overlap448.65 km²1%
- Bassin de Ulanga Riversub-area425,9 km²overlap424.10 km²1%
- Bassin de Rufijisub-area417,9 km²overlap412.87 km²1%
- Bassin de Rufijisub-area408,6 km²overlap406.89 km²1%
- Bassin de Murembwisub-area1 123 km²overlap399.62 km²1%
- Bassin de Luwegusub-area920,9 km²overlap399.58 km²1%
- Bassin de Rufijisub-area394 km²overlap392.30 km²1%
- Bassin de Mkujusub-area392,1 km²overlap390.51 km²1%
- Bassin de Ulanga Riversub-area499,3 km²overlap363.48 km²1%
- Basin #91540sub-area1 336 km²overlap333.88 km²1%
- Basin #03720sub-area596 km²overlap321.07 km²1%
- Bassin de Luhombero Riversub-area887,6 km²overlap297.80 km²1%
- Basin #16810sub-area288,6 km²overlap287.36 km²1%
- Basin #09210sub-area282,6 km²overlap281.40 km²1%
- Bassin de Luwegusub-area274,9 km²overlap273.76 km²1%
- Basin #09100sub-area342,9 km²overlap272.96 km²1%
- Basin #34880sub-area364 km²overlap271.14 km²1%
- Basin #02580sub-area262,7 km²overlap261.63 km²1%
- Bassin de Matandu Riversub-area549,2 km²overlap251.66 km²1%
- Basin #17520sub-area861,8 km²overlap230.57 km²0%
- Bassin de Luwegusub-area222,3 km²overlap221.39 km²0%
- Bassin de Luhombero Riversub-area559,5 km²overlap213.67 km²0%
- Bassin de Mkujusub-area206,5 km²overlap205.62 km²0%
- Basin #19060sub-area1 045,9 km²overlap188.09 km²0%
- Bassin de Rufijisub-area182,6 km²overlap181.81 km²0%
- Bassin de Kilombero Riversub-area453,2 km²overlap158.33 km²0%
- Bassin de Rufijisub-area755,2 km²overlap150.96 km²0%
- Bassin de Rufijisub-area151,3 km²overlap150.68 km²0%
- Basin #11620sub-area343,1 km²overlap124.85 km²0%
- Bassin de Great Ruahasub-area460,5 km²overlap105.84 km²0%
- Bassin de Rufijisub-area367,6 km²overlap102.29 km²0%
- Basin #19570sub-area126,4 km²overlap95.37 km²0%
- Bassin de Rufijisub-area90,9 km²overlap90.54 km²0%
- Bassin de Luwegusub-area664,3 km²overlap80.73 km²0%
- Bassin de Mkujusub-area78 km²overlap77.67 km²0%
- Basin #39200sub-area1 248,3 km²overlap72.20 km²0%
- Basin #16870sub-area58,2 km²overlap57.97 km²0%
- Basin #18510sub-area57,7 km²overlap57.47 km²0%
- Basin #00980sub-area118,2 km²overlap54.10 km²0%
- Basin #39140sub-area551,9 km²overlap44.03 km²0%
- Bassin de Ulanga Riversub-area44 km²overlap43.78 km²0%
- Basin #20160sub-area2 667 km²overlap29.12 km²0%
- Bassin de Ruvusub-area1 705,4 km²overlap26.94 km²0%
- Bassin de Luhombero Riversub-area1 157,3 km²overlap18.60 km²0%
- Basin #19050sub-area15,6 km²overlap15.51 km²0%
- Basin #45290sub-area1 634,5 km²overlap12.25 km²0%
- Basin #20030sub-area614,7 km²overlap11.54 km²0%
- Bassin de Luwegusub-area537,1 km²overlap7.38 km²0%
- Basin #14830sub-area1 434,9 km²overlap7.01 km²0%
- Bassin de Rufijisub-area10,6 km²overlap2.74 km²0%
- Basin #06930sub-area304,4 km²overlap1.44 km²0%
- Basin #46530sub-area838,4 km²overlap1.05 km²0%
- Basin #51230sub-area1 652 km²overlap0.62 km²0%
- Basin #39520sub-area1 140,3 km²overlap0.19 km²0%
- Bassin de Ruvusub-area2 439,1 km²overlap0.06 km²0%
Lakes (15, top by area)
- Lake Nzerkeraarea4,9 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lake Utengearea2,7 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lake Tagalalaarea2,5 km²avg depth4.5 m
- Lake Manzearea1,5 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lake Siwanduarea1,4 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1410359area0,8 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Lac 1410963area0,6 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Lac 1410435area0,4 km²avg depth4.2 m
- Lac 1410954area0,3 km²avg depth2.6 m
Rivers / streams (9, ord ≥ 4)
- Luweguord 6len here565.82 km92%total618 km
- Rufijiord 8len here420.25 km61%total686 km
- Mbarangandu Riverord 4len here338.31 km100%total339 km
- Mkujuord 6len here316.90 km100%total318 km
- Ulanga Riverord 6len here206.28 km95%total216 km
- Great Ruahaord 7len here193.49 km15%total1301 km
- Ruvuord 5len here4.42 km1%total588 km
- Kilombero Riverord 6len here3.03 km2%total147 km
- Sanjeord 2len here0.44 km2%total21 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- -8.86746, 37.85984
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.