National Park · zmb
West Lunga
- Area
- 1 779 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1971
Overview
- Designation
- National Park
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1971
- Managing authority
- Department of National Parks and Wildlife
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
407 distinct species · 1 667 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 6 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 West Lunga : 5 espèces reliées par 6 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 28.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology7 basins · 0 lakes · 5 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
204,4km
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
22 641km²
Discharge in basins
160,1m³/s
Mean precip.
1 189mm/an
Mean T°
20,6°C
Moisture idx
-0,33
Mean runoff
229mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 182m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Kabomposub-area2 534,1 km²overlap687.33 km²39%
- Bassin de Kabomposub-area2 336,8 km²overlap609.71 km²34%
- Bassin de West Lungasub-area586,6 km²overlap304.83 km²17%
- Bassin de West Lungasub-area1 073,4 km²overlap167.60 km²9%
- Bassin de West Lungasub-area54 km²overlap8.84 km²0%
- Bassin de Mwombezhisub-area294,4 km²overlap1.09 km²0%
- Bassin de West Lungasub-area333,5 km²overlap0.02 km²0%
Rivers / streams (5, 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
- -12.81246, 24.79593
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.