HydroLAKES lake · #951
Araruama
Surface area
237,58km²
Avg depth
5,4m
Volume
1 274,09km³
Shoreline
200,2km
Administrative coverage
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Arraial do CaboRio de Janeiro · Brazil85.32 km²36.0% of lake
- São Pedro da AldeiaRio de Janeiro · Brazil58.29 km²24.6% of lake
- AraruamaRio de Janeiro · Brazil49.19 km²20.8% of lake
- Cabo FrioRio de Janeiro · Brazil32.77 km²13.8% of lake
- Iguaba GrandeRio de Janeiro · Brazil11.42 km²4.8% of lake
- SaquaremaRio de Janeiro · Brazil0.01 km²0.0% of lake
6 intersecting protected areas
Environmental Protection Area
3.73 km² overlap
Environmental Protection Area
1.65 km² overlap
Park
0.13 km² overlap
Park
0.04 km² overlap
Park
0.02 km² overlap
Biological Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
786 distinct species · 7 150 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Araruama : 26 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 43 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 7.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
237,58km²
Avg depth
5,4m
Volume
1 274,090km³
Watershed
606km²
Shoreline
200,2km
Shore dev. idx
3,66
Residence time
1 231days
Elevation
2m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.