Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · cog
Tchicapika-Owando
- Area
- 9 702 km²
- IUCN cat.
- VI
- Year
- 2015
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- VI · Aire protégée avec utilisation durable
Conservation + utilisation durable des ressources
- Established
- 2015
- Managing authority
- Economie Forestière et du Développement Durable. Ministère de l’Economie Forestière et du Développement Durable
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
322 distinct species · 490 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 11 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 Tchicapika-Owando : 11 espèces + 0 bulles famille, 7 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 12.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology17 basins · 11 lakes · 2 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
472,8km
Lake surface here
2,56km²
Basins crossed
17
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
2 643 118km²
Discharge in basins
18 148,2m³/s
Mean precip.
1 676mm/an
Mean T°
25,4°C
Moisture idx
0,02
Mean runoff
393mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
330m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Kouyousub-area2 071 km²overlap2019.68 km²21%
- Bassin de Congosub-area2 322,7 km²overlap1387.27 km²14%
- Bassin de Kouyousub-area2 285,3 km²overlap1178.20 km²12%
- Bassin de Likoualasub-area1 371,4 km²overlap1118.25 km²12%
- Bassin de Kouyousub-area1 713,9 km²overlap992.42 km²10%
- Bassin de Alimasub-area726,9 km²overlap723.69 km²7%
- Bassin de Alimasub-area1 314,3 km²overlap720.64 km²7%
- Bassin de Alimasub-area922,2 km²overlap460.76 km²5%
- Basin #56720sub-area812,5 km²overlap351.87 km²4%
8 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Alimasub-area578,7 km²overlap237.06 km²2%
- Bassin de Alimasub-area1 186,1 km²overlap224.35 km²2%
- Basin #53950sub-area101,1 km²overlap99.65 km²1%
- Bassin de Kouyousub-area145,5 km²overlap80.88 km²1%
- Bassin de Kouyousub-area584,8 km²overlap80.34 km²1%
- Basin #56630sub-area602 km²overlap26.30 km²0%
- Bassin de Kouyousub-area1 722,1 km²overlap0.25 km²0%
- Bassin de Alimasub-area1 957,2 km²overlap0.06 km²0%
Lakes (11, top by area)
- Lac Libalaarea1,4 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1407524area0,6 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1407565area0,3 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1407496area0,2 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1407506area0,2 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1407502area0,2 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lac 1407592area0,1 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1407505area0,1 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1407578area0,1 km²avg depth1.1 m
Rivers / streams (2, ord ≥ 4)
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
- -0.97298, 16.08354
- Open in maps
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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.