World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · cod
Virunga National Park
- Area
- 7 770 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 1979
Overview
- Designation
- World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
- Established
- 1979
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
4 937 distinct species · 58 268 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 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 Virunga National Park : 14 espèces + 1 bulle famille, 10 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 9.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology48 basins · 4 lakes · 19 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
741,9km
Lake surface here
1 582,89km²
Basins crossed
48
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
34 160km²
Discharge in basins
1 790,3m³/s
Mean precip.
1 276mm/an
Mean T°
20,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,21
Max snow
1%
Mean runoff
303mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 360m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Rwindisub-area2 006,7 km²overlap974.35 km²13%
- Basin #67270sub-area744,5 km²overlap590.34 km²8%
- Bassin de Semlikisub-area872,1 km²overlap537.22 km²7%
- Bassin de Semlikisub-area617,8 km²overlap527.14 km²7%
- Bassin de Rivière Ndihirasub-area967,2 km²overlap372.13 km²5%
- Bassin de Semlikisub-area1 114,3 km²overlap370.40 km²5%
- Basin #55320sub-area354,2 km²overlap352.62 km²5%
- Bassin de Mubimbisub-area1 123,8 km²overlap343.84 km²4%
- Bassin de Kanyamughisasub-area476,2 km²overlap342.71 km²4%
39 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Semlikisub-area553,8 km²overlap322.08 km²4%
- Bassin de Rutshurusub-area352,8 km²overlap301.29 km²4%
- Basin #72020sub-area566,8 km²overlap273.77 km²4%
- Basin #51900sub-area297,2 km²overlap236.07 km²3%
- Bassin de Ososub-area1 061 km²overlap181.22 km²2%
- Bassin de Rutshurusub-area171,3 km²overlap170.49 km²2%
- Bassin de Ishashasub-area1 123,4 km²overlap169.84 km²2%
- Bassin de Butawusub-area389,9 km²overlap169.54 km²2%
- Bassin de Rwanolisub-area322,3 km²overlap158.39 km²2%
- Bassin de Semlikisub-area340,3 km²overlap157.70 km²2%
- Bassin de Takosub-area466,8 km²overlap147.78 km²2%
- Basin #54340sub-area135,7 km²overlap135.08 km²2%
- Bassin de Semlikisub-area184,5 km²overlap130.05 km²2%
- Bassin de Taiyasub-area551,2 km²overlap105.63 km²1%
- Bassin de Ivi Riversub-area356,3 km²overlap99.57 km²1%
- Bassin de Abyalosesub-area387,9 km²overlap66.71 km²1%
- Bassin de Ruhezamyendasub-area1 409,2 km²overlap58.56 km²1%
- Bassin de Nchwerasub-area139,6 km²overlap57.65 km²1%
- Bassin de Ishashasub-area59,8 km²overlap56.15 km²1%
- Basin #50250sub-area48,8 km²overlap48.55 km²1%
- Bassin de Sebeyasub-area902,4 km²overlap44.80 km²1%
- Bassin de Kaisisub-area624,9 km²overlap43.10 km²1%
- Bassin de Rwanolisub-area59,1 km²overlap36.74 km²0%
- Bassin de Lamyasub-area509 km²overlap29.79 km²0%
- Bassin de Ishashasub-area29,6 km²overlap29.46 km²0%
- Bassin de Nyamugasanisub-area740 km²overlap25.25 km²0%
- Bassin de Semlikisub-area1 432,7 km²overlap22.87 km²0%
- Basin #55450sub-area21,8 km²overlap21.73 km²0%
- Basin #47780sub-area12,7 km²overlap12.62 km²0%
- Basin #67440sub-area281 km²overlap11.27 km²0%
- Bassin de RD Congo - Ugandasub-area358,7 km²overlap10.97 km²0%
- Basin #48170sub-area38 km²overlap10.57 km²0%
- Bassin de Ossosub-area2 094,2 km²overlap3.68 km²0%
- Basin #47400sub-area2,9 km²overlap2.86 km²0%
- Bassin de Durasub-area2 588,2 km²overlap2.67 km²0%
- Basin #67280sub-area2,8 km²overlap1.83 km²0%
- Bassin de Mukungwasub-area1 866,5 km²overlap1.53 km²0%
- Bassin de Ososub-area1 505,8 km²overlap1.06 km²0%
- Basin #48060sub-area0,6 km²overlap0.60 km²0%
Lakes (4, top by area)
Rivers / streams (19, ord ≥ 4)
- Semlikiord 6len here379.48 km64%total596 km
- Rwindiord 3len here74.89 km83%total90 km
- Rutshuruord 5len here67.70 km100%total68 km
- Ishashaord 3len here48.22 km27%total178 km
- Ivi Riverord 2len here29.93 km37%total80 km
- Luusilubiord 6len here25.88 km76%total34 km
- Taiyaord 2len here24.70 km49%total50 km
- Rwanoliord 6len here16.37 km33%total50 km
- Butawuord 3len here15.07 km27%total56 km
- Takoord 2len here14.25 km20%total73 km
- Abiaord 3len here10.24 km45%total23 km
- Kanyamughisaord 1len here10.16 km67%total15 km
7 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
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
- -0.34706, 29.52766
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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.