HydroLAKES lake · #9500
Catahoula Lake
Surface area
62,41km²
Avg depth
2,7m
Volume
165,84km³
Shoreline
68,5km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- La SalleLouisiana · United States55.98 km²89.8% of lake
- RapidesLouisiana · United States6.38 km²10.2% of lake
3 intersecting protected areas
Catahoula Lake
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
33.59 km² overlap
Little River
IUCN VState Wild or Scenic River
0.01 km² overlap
Catahoula
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
199 distinct species · 1 284 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 Catahoula Lake : 25 espèces reliées par 75 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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
62,41km²
Avg depth
2,7m
Volume
165,840km³
Watershed
7 446km²
Shoreline
68,5km
Shore dev. idx
2,45
Residence time
14days
Elevation
8m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.