HydroLAKES lake · #1251
Balaton
Surface area
577,21km²
Avg depth
3,3m
Volume
1 900km³
Shoreline
203,9km
Administrative coverage
9 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- FonyódSomogy · Hungary148.71 km²25.7% of lake
- BalatonalmádiVeszprém · Hungary109.06 km²18.8% of lake
- SiófokSomogy · Hungary91.04 km²15.7% of lake
- BalatonfüredVeszprém · Hungary85.04 km²14.7% of lake
- BalatonföldváriSomogy · Hungary59.19 km²10.2% of lake
- TapolcaVeszprém · Hungary43.58 km²7.5% of lake
4 intersecting protected areas
Lake Balaton
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
578.16 km² overlap
Balaton
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
578.15 km² overlap
Balaton
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
578.15 km² overlap
National Park
0.97 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 225 distinct species · 19 699 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Balaton : 25 espèces reliées par 62 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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
577,21km²
Avg depth
3,3m
Volume
1 900,000km³
Watershed
5 747km²
Shoreline
203,9km
Shore dev. idx
2,39
Residence time
1 024days
Elevation
100m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.