Lake Kariba
IUCN VRecreation Park · 1979
3 001 km²
District · ZMB
Zambia
Species observed
496
Observations
1 933
Area
5 070,9km²
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).
Tissu écologique de Sinazongwe : 26 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 42 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
496 distinct species · 1 933 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
23,8°C
Annual rain
791mm
Warmest m°
32,4°C
Coldest m°
13,9°C
Elevation: 625 m on average (min 484 m, max 1 284 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
6,3
Org. C
12,1g/kg
Clay
20,4%
Sand
62,3%
Silt
17,3%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiM
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
554,8km
Lake surface here
1 199,30km²
Basins crossed
14
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
601 512km²
Discharge in basins
5 463,7m³/s
Mean precip.
767mm/an
Mean T°
23,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,58
Mean runoff
75mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
765m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
16,1%
Pesticides
2,3kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Recreation Park · 1979
3 001 km²
Forest Reserve · 1978
796 km²
State Forest · 1954
277 km²
Wildlife Management Area
133 km²
Forest Reserve · 1968
64 km²
Forest Reserve · 1968
56 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN