National Park · cod
Upemba
- Area
- 12 458 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1939
Overview
- Designation
- National Park
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1939
- Managing authority
- Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN)
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 309 distinct species · 16 639 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 14 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 Upemba : 13 espèces reliées par 9 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 9.9%, 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).
Hydrology36 basins · 45 lakes · 25 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
1 158,6km
Lake surface here
890,87km²
Basins crossed
36
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
148 959km²
Discharge in basins
2 072,7m³/s
Mean precip.
1 029mm/an
Mean T°
22,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,39
Mean runoff
166mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 042m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Lufirasub-area1 713 km²overlap1168.32 km²9%
- Bassin de Luingilasub-area1 018,8 km²overlap1014.63 km²8%
- Bassin de Muntesub-area890,9 km²overlap873.93 km²7%
- Bassin de Lufirasub-area838,9 km²overlap835.39 km²7%
- Bassin de Fungwesub-area2 235,7 km²overlap795.42 km²6%
- Bassin de Muyesub-area621,1 km²overlap618.48 km²5%
- Basin #15410sub-area744,3 km²overlap614.23 km²5%
- Basin #11840sub-area789,7 km²overlap605.53 km²5%
- Bassin de Lufirasub-area853,2 km²overlap596.47 km²5%
27 more basinssorted by overlap
- Basin #19920sub-area593,8 km²overlap537.12 km²4%
- Bassin de Kalumengongosub-area1 272,5 km²overlap484.46 km²4%
- Bassin de Gulungusub-area508,6 km²overlap408.77 km²3%
- Basin #14680sub-area609,7 km²overlap405.69 km²3%
- Bassin de Lwalabasub-area960,5 km²overlap404.14 km²3%
- Bassin de Lufirasub-area401,3 km²overlap399.62 km²3%
- Basin #11470sub-area327,4 km²overlap326.03 km²3%
- Bassin de Lwalabasub-area1 522 km²overlap325.76 km²3%
- Bassin de Lwalabasub-area929,5 km²overlap318.03 km²3%
- Bassin de Lwalabasub-area240,6 km²overlap230.77 km²2%
- Basin #11930sub-area266,1 km²overlap205.19 km²2%
- Bassin de Mutundasub-area794,1 km²overlap202.82 km²2%
- Bassin de Kabindasub-area798,4 km²overlap199.04 km²2%
- Bassin de Kalumengongosub-area2 522 km²overlap183.86 km²1%
- Basin #15420sub-area367 km²overlap171.21 km²1%
- Basin #19930sub-area871,2 km²overlap120.90 km²1%
- Basin #11580sub-area116 km²overlap108.64 km²1%
- Bassin de Kafwesub-area799,5 km²overlap76.13 km²1%
- Bassin de Kalule nordsub-area691,6 km²overlap74.65 km²1%
- Bassin de Luselesub-area618,6 km²overlap43.96 km²0%
- Basin #14670sub-area28,6 km²overlap28.46 km²0%
- Bassin de Kalumengongosub-area948,7 km²overlap23.81 km²0%
- Bassin de Lwalabasub-area35,8 km²overlap16.86 km²0%
- Bassin de Lufirasub-area16,6 km²overlap16.55 km²0%
- Bassin de Lwalabasub-area2 429,3 km²overlap15.77 km²0%
- Bassin de Lufirasub-area988,2 km²overlap5.26 km²0%
- Bassin de Dikuluwesub-area1 445,8 km²overlap1.68 km²0%
Lakes (45, top by area)
- Upembaarea608 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Kisalearea298,2 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Kabwearea98 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac Kayumbaarea58,4 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac Mulendaarea47,5 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac Lundaarea40,9 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac Kuibaarea14 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac Kanaarea12,1 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #81673area7,8 km²avg depth1.2 m
36 more lakes
- Lac Kazazaarea7,2 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lake #81658area3,4 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac Muyumbwearea3,3 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Kisalearea2,9 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lake #81675area2,6 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lake #81695area1,9 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lake #81702area1,8 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lake #81699area1,6 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lac Muyumbwearea1,3 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #81668area1,3 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lac Upembaarea1,1 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1410821area0,9 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1410803area0,8 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1410731area0,8 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1410744area0,8 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1410808area0,7 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1410799area0,6 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1410738area0,6 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1410742area0,5 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1410746area0,4 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lac 1410743area0,4 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lac 1410810area0,4 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lac 1410749area0,4 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1410748area0,4 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1410723area0,4 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1410739area0,3 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lac 1410729area0,3 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1410734area0,3 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1410872area0,2 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1410732area0,2 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1410728area0,2 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1410801area0,2 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lac 1410806area0,2 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1410802area0,2 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1410741area0,2 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1410752area0,1 km²avg depth0.5 m
Rivers / streams (25, ord ≥ 4)
- Lufiraord 7len here374.91 km29%total1314 km
- Luingilaord 3len here142.35 km100%total143 km
- Lwalabaord 8len here98.26 km3%total3690 km
- Muyeord 6len here79.20 km100%total79 km
- Munteord 4len here74.00 km100%total74 km
- Kalumengongoord 5len here59.90 km15%total412 km
- Mutundaord 2len here44.59 km92%total49 km
- Gulunguord 3len here41.35 km100%total41 km
- Bumaord 2len here34.32 km58%total60 km
- Lukoramiord 3len here26.32 km100%total26 km
- Disangaord 2len here25.47 km100%total26 km
- Lungeyaord 3len here22.62 km48%total48 km
13 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Lubumbweord 2len here18.03 km100%total18 km
- Lwengeord 2len here16.73 km61%total27 km
- Buye-Balaord 2len here16.43 km100%total16 km
- Kalule nordord 3len here15.14 km8%total184 km
- Lubumbuord 4len here14.16 km32%total44 km
- Mwikaord 1len here13.60 km100%total14 km
- Kabindaord 3len here11.05 km22%total50 km
- Kiketeord 2len here10.26 km100%total10 km
- Mukoneyord 6len here6.56 km43%total15 km
- Fungweord 4len here5.70 km5%total113 km
- Kalumbeyord 3len here3.38 km5%total65 km
- Muningaord 1len here2.32 km47%total5 km
- Dimboord 1len here2.00 km26%total8 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
- -9.07335, 26.72014
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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.