HydroLAKES lake · #9352
Fontana Lake
Surface area
24,89km²
Avg depth
71,5m
Volume
1 779,9km³
Shoreline
168,2km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- SwainNorth Carolina · United States18.74 km²75.3% of lake
- GrahamNorth Carolina · United States6.16 km²24.7% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Great Smoky Mountains
IUCN IINational Park
8.66 km² overlap
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
0.24 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
620 distinct species · 2 450 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 45 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 Fontana Lake : 32 espèces reliées par 78 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 7.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 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
24,89km²
Avg depth
71,5m
Volume
1 779,900km³
Watershed
4 046km²
Shoreline
168,2km
Shore dev. idx
9,51
Residence time
162days
Elevation
505m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.