HydroLAKES lake · #1430
Chao
Surface area
786,91km²
Avg depth
2,6m
Volume
2 070km³
Shoreline
190,9km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- ChaohuAnhui · China552.04 km²70.2% of lake
- HefeiAnhui · China234.24 km²29.8% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
263 distinct species · 2 627 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 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 Chao : 15 espèces reliées par 43 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 15.6%, 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
786,91km²
Avg depth
2,6m
Volume
2 070,000km³
Watershed
10 682km²
Shoreline
190,9km
Shore dev. idx
1,92
Residence time
171days
Elevation
5m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.