Ontologia

Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · moz

Zambezi Delta

IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces31 657 km²Established 2004
Key facts
Area
31 657 km²
IUCN cat.
IV
Year
2004

Overview

Designation
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
IUCN category
IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces

Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers

Established
2004
Managing authority
The Zambezi Regional Water Authority (ARA-Zambezi) is responsible for water management and allocation in the Zambezi River basin, including the delta. The Director is Mr. Custódio Vicente, based in the city of Tete.

Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).

Species present

2 442 distinct species · 41 333 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Zambezi Delta : 13 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 13 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
15
Interactions affichées
13
Connectance
0.124
Patrimoniales
2
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydrology80 basins · 9 lakes · 10 rivers

Hydrology metrics for this exact territory

Stream length here

905,0km

Lake surface here

5,63km²

Basins crossed

80

Max stream order

8

Max drainage

1 378 121km²

Discharge in basins

9 065,9m³/s

Mean precip.

1 083mm/an

Mean T°

24,9°C

Moisture idx

-0,37

Mean runoff

384mm/an

Mean elev. (basins)

99m

Watersheds crossing here

71 more basins

Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10

Location

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Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)

Centroid
-17.92006, 36.24526
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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.