HydroLAKES lake · #844
Calcasieu Lake
Surface area
256,31km²
Avg depth
4,2m
Volume
1 088,47km³
Shoreline
272,6km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
3 intersecting protected areas
Sabine
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
1.12 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
1.00 km² overlap
Cameron Prairie
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
0.12 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
595 distinct species · 35 591 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Calcasieu Lake : 24 espèces reliées par 72 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
256,31km²
Avg depth
4,2m
Volume
1 088,470km³
Watershed
10 159km²
Shoreline
272,6km
Shore dev. idx
4,80
Residence time
68days
Elevation
1m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.