HydroLAKES lake · #874
Gatun
Surface area
332,81km²
Avg depth
1,6m
Volume
544km³
Shoreline
901,2km
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lago GatúnColón · Panama224.87 km²67.8% of lake
- Lago GatúnPanamá Oeste · Panama102.08 km²30.8% of lake
- ColónColón · Panama2.97 km²0.9% of lake
- La ChorreraPanamá Oeste · Panama1.40 km²0.4% of lake
- ArraijánPanamá Oeste · Panama0.11 km²0.0% of lake
5 intersecting protected areas
Soberanía
IUCN IINational Park
11.15 km² overlap
Barro Colorado
IUCN IIINatural Monument
1.15 km² overlap
Islas Advent, Zorra y Juan Gallego
IUCN Not ReportedNot defined
0.43 km² overlap
Lago Gatún
IUCN VRecreational Area
0.03 km² overlap
San Lorenzo
IUCN VProtected Forest and Landscape
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 015 distinct species · 33 917 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Gatun : 20 espèces reliées par 28 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 8.0%, 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
332,81km²
Avg depth
1,6m
Volume
544,000km³
Watershed
3 352km²
Shoreline
901,2km
Shore dev. idx
13,94
Residence time
45days
Elevation
28m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.