HydroLAKES lake · #17
Tanganyika
Surface area
32 826,65km²
Avg depth
577m
Volume
18 940 000km³
Shoreline
2 126,2km
Administrative coverage
34 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake TanganyikaKigoma · Tanzania7982.91 km²24.4% of lake
- MobaTanganyika · Democratic Republic of the Congo6745.81 km²20.6% of lake
- KalemieTanganyika · Democratic Republic of the Congo4990.77 km²15.3% of lake
- Lake TanganyikaRukwa · Tanzania4001.27 km²12.2% of lake
- FiziSud-Kivu · Democratic Republic of the Congo3453.86 km²10.6% of lake
- MpulunguNorthern · Zambia1556.24 km²4.8% of lake
10 intersecting protected areas
National Park
88.27 km² overlap
Gombe National Park
IUCN IINational Park
20.41 km² overlap
Kaputa
IUCN VIGame Management Area
2.43 km² overlap
Nsumbu
IUCN IINational Park
1.72 km² overlap
Rusizi
IUCN IINational Park
0.73 km² overlap
Lungu
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.61 km² overlap
Inangu
IUCN Not ReportedGame Management Area
0.34 km² overlap
Kungwe Bay
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.10 km² overlap
Loasi river
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Kigwena Forest
IUCN IbNature reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 457 distinct species · 19 790 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 17 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 Tanganyika : 14 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 23 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
32 826,65km²
Avg depth
577,0m
Volume
18 940 000,000km³
Watershed
239 412km²
Shoreline
2 126,2km
Shore dev. idx
3,31
Residence time
147 049days
Elevation
767m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.