HydroLAKES lake · #1506
Chilika
Surface area
843,22km²
Avg depth
2,5m
Volume
2 108,17km³
Shoreline
683,3km
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- PuriOdisha · India811.22 km²96.5% of lake
- KhordhaOdisha · India20.79 km²2.5% of lake
- GanjamOdisha · India8.72 km²1.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Chilika Lake
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
782.96 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
755 distinct species · 14 086 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 16 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 Chilika : 9 espèces reliées par 34 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 25.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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
843,22km²
Avg depth
2,5m
Volume
2 108,170km³
Watershed
5 297km²
Shoreline
683,3km
Shore dev. idx
6,64
Residence time
202days
Elevation
1m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.