Ontologia

HydroLAKES lake · #12

Balkhash

Natural lakeKazakhstanAsia 338 m

Surface area

16 717,89km²

Avg depth

6,7m

Volume

111 500km³

Shoreline

3 092,2km

Administrative coverage

Parent watershed

hybas-4080235330643 km² · upstream 40396 km²

8 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

  • Aktogayskiy
    Qaraghandy · Kazakhstan
    5322.58 km²
    31.8% of lake
  • Balkhashskiy
    Almaty · Kazakhstan
    3542.38 km²
    21.1% of lake
  • Alakolskiy
    Almaty · Kazakhstan
    3303.46 km²
    19.7% of lake
  • Moyynkumskiy
    Zhambyl · Kazakhstan
    2775.27 km²
    16.6% of lake
  • Karatal`skiy
    Almaty · Kazakhstan
    1561.83 km²
    9.3% of lake
  • Aksuskiy
    Almaty · Kazakhstan
    138.40 km²
    0.8% of lake

4 intersecting protected areas

Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

412 distinct species · 1 176 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

1 176 obs · 88 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 269
35–268
4–34
2–3
< 2

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 43 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 Balkhash : 36 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 80 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 8.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
43
Interactions affichées
80
Connectance
0.089
Patrimoniales
2
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

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

Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)

Surface

16 717,89km²

Avg depth

6,7m

Volume

111 500,000km³

Watershed

404 801km²

Shoreline

3 092,2km

Shore dev. idx

6,75

Residence time

2 745days

Elevation

338m

HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.