HydroLAKES lake · #70
Chapala
Surface area
1 051,7km²
Avg depth
7,5m
Volume
7 897km³
Shoreline
221,3km
Administrative coverage
9 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- PoncitlánJalisco · México550.86 km²52.5% of lake
- ChapalaJalisco · México470.72 km²44.9% of lake
- JamayJalisco · México24.69 km²2.4% of lake
- Cojumatlán de RégulesMichoacán · México1.13 km²0.1% of lake
- Venustiano CarranzaMichoacán · México0.75 km²0.1% of lake
- TuxcuecaJalisco · México0.33 km²0.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Lago de Chapala
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1041.31 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 119 distinct species · 18 550 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Chapala : 19 espèces reliées par 51 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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
1 051,70km²
Avg depth
7,5m
Volume
7 897,000km³
Watershed
43 692km²
Shoreline
221,3km
Shore dev. idx
1,93
Residence time
987days
Elevation
1 518m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.