Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · ben
Site Ramsar du Complexe W
- Area
- 9 269 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 2007
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 2007
- Managing authority
- La gestion du site est assurée au niveau local par le Centre National de Gestion des Réserves de Faune (CENAGREF) dont la structure déconcentrée basée à Kandi est dénommée Direction du Parc National du W (DPNW).
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 429 distinct species · 40 659 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Site Ramsar du Complexe W : 29 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 4 bulles famille, 34 interactions GloBI documentées sur 6 types (connectance 6.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 4 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).
Hydrology21 basins · 9 lakes · 28 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
803,3km
Lake surface here
1,52km²
Basins crossed
21
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
1 252 305km²
Discharge in basins
2 894,7m³/s
Mean precip.
826mm/an
Mean T°
28,3°C
Moisture idx
-0,59
Mean runoff
90mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
250m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Kompa Gourousub-area2 020,9 km²overlap2013.00 km²22%
- Bassin de Aliborisub-area1 513,4 km²overlap1507.41 km²16%
- Bassin de Pakosub-area1 592,6 km²overlap1074.56 km²12%
- Bassin de Mékrousub-area2 585,7 km²overlap1059.06 km²11%
- Bassin de Mékrousub-area1 670 km²overlap935.43 km²10%
- Bassin de Mékrousub-area1 353,7 km²overlap663.23 km²7%
- Bassin de Aliborisub-area649,1 km²overlap585.84 km²6%
- Bassin du Pendjarisub-area1 889,5 km²overlap265.12 km²3%
- Bassin de Itchouyisub-area457,3 km²overlap228.85 km²2%
12 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin du Nigersub-area254,6 km²overlap212.00 km²2%
- Bassin de Aliborisub-area1 844,8 km²overlap192.64 km²2%
- Bassin de Kaissagourousub-area150,6 km²overlap149.98 km²2%
- Bassin du Nigersub-area337,4 km²overlap117.15 km²1%
- Bassin du Nigersub-area411,5 km²overlap91.41 km²1%
- Bassin de Aliborisub-area389,2 km²overlap61.71 km²1%
- Bassin de Sotasub-area464,5 km²overlap26.13 km²0%
- Bassin de Kérémousub-area656 km²overlap25.63 km²0%
- Bassin du Nigersub-area73,6 km²overlap22.41 km²0%
- Bassin du Nigersub-area30,5 km²overlap18.57 km²0%
- Bassin de Ruisseausub-area2 210,4 km²overlap17.45 km²0%
- Bassin de Dallol Bossosub-area28,2 km²overlap1.69 km²0%
Lakes (9, top by area)
- Lac 1400464area0,3 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lac 1400815area0,2 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1400414area0,2 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1400500area0,2 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1400894area0,2 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1400418area0,2 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1400426area0,2 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1400516area0,1 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lac 1400864area0,1 km²avg depth0.5 m
Rivers / streams (28, ord ≥ 4)
- Mékrouord 5len here228.98 km36%total630 km
- Aliboriord 5len here205.07 km40%total519 km
- Pakoord 4len here97.67 km77%total127 km
- Le Nigerord 8len here49.69 km1%total7108 km
- Kompa Gourouord 4len here36.81 km100%total37 km
- Yagaord 2len here25.65 km100%total26 km
- Loumbou Loumbouord 2len here20.85 km100%total21 km
- Goroubériord 2len here15.26 km100%total15 km
- Borodarouord 3len here14.66 km55%total27 km
- Goudragoord 3len here14.47 km65%total22 km
- Ponpanouord 2len here14.46 km100%total14 km
- Ruisseauord 8len here13.39 km2%total557 km
16 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Itchouyiord 2len here13.18 km73%total18 km
- Kaissagourouord 2len here11.78 km100%total12 km
- Poumouord 3len here9.05 km61%total15 km
- pakoord 4len here6.46 km100%total6 km
- Le Pendjariord 6len here6.16 km1%total505 km
- Le Mékrouord 4len here5.25 km100%total5 km
- Yabodouord 2len here4.67 km29%total16 km
- Sangorouord 5len here4.02 km95%total4 km
- Saoord 3len here2.45 km11%total22 km
- Ruisseauord 5len here1.88 km0%total429 km
- Kérémouord 3len here0.85 km2%total34 km
- Nigerord 8len here0.27 km0%total943 km
- Pôto Zazaord 2len here0.15 km1%total10 km
- Dallol Bossoord 8len here0.14 km0%total168 km
- Ahounamord 5len here0.02 km0%total7 km
- Kotchéradourouord 1len here≈ tangenttotal3 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
- 11.88041, 2.82620
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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.