HydroLAKES lake · #1432
Dead Sea
Surface area
643,18km²
Avg depth
177,2m
Volume
114 000km³
Shoreline
154km
Administrative coverage
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MadabaMadaba · Jordan192.97 km²30.0% of lake
- BethlehemWest Bank · Palestine166.62 km²25.9% of lake
- Ghour El-Mazra'ahKarak · Jordan129.68 km²20.2% of lake
- JerichoWest Bank · Palestine14.88 km²2.3% of lake
- Shooneh JanoobiyyehBalqa · Jordan12.66 km²2.0% of lake
- JerusalemWest Bank · Palestine12.47 km²1.9% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Mujib Biosphere Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
4.86 km² overlap
Dead Sea coast
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.28 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 261 distinct species · 49 188 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Dead Sea : 21 espèces dont 4 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 41 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 10.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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
643,18km²
Avg depth
177,2m
Volume
114 000,000km³
Watershed
43 272km²
Shoreline
154,0km
Shore dev. idx
1,71
Residence time
16 422days
Elevation
-415m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.