Lake Niassa and its Coastal Zone
IUCN VIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
15 843 km²
Traditional Authority · MWI
Malawi
Species observed
75
Observations
126
Area
720,5km²
Sample of 4 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 TA Makanjila : 4 espèces reliées par 2 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 20.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
75 distinct species · 126 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
23,7°C
Annual rain
1 302mm
Warmest m°
30,0°C
Coldest m°
16,3°C
Elevation: 601 m on average (min 475 m, max 1 368 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
6,1
Org. C
13,4g/kg
Clay
21,2%
Sand
68,1%
Silt
10,8%
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
59,1km
Lake surface here
7,95km²
Basins crossed
8
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
130 103km²
Discharge in basins
142,3m³/s
Mean precip.
1 076mm/an
Mean T°
23,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,31
Mean runoff
262mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
666m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
50,7%
Pesticides
6,1kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
15 843 km²
Forest Reserve · 1924
889 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN