HydroLAKES lake · #1586
George
Surface area
260,7km²
Avg depth
3,5m
Volume
908,97km³
Shoreline
160,5km
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- BusongoraKasese · Uganda192.43 km²74.1% of lake
- KitagwendaKamwenge · Uganda64.59 km²24.9% of lake
- BunyaruguruBushenyi · Uganda2.52 km²1.0% of lake
4 intersecting protected areas
Lake George
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
30.60 km² overlap
Queen Elizabeth National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
14.30 km² overlap
Queen Elizabeth
IUCN IINational Park
10.63 km² overlap
Kyambura
IUCN IIIWildlife Reserve
3.68 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
376 distinct species · 2 957 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 George : 27 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 1 bulle famille, 23 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 6.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
260,70km²
Avg depth
3,5m
Volume
908,970km³
Watershed
9 631km²
Shoreline
160,5km
Shore dev. idx
2,80
Residence time
266days
Elevation
914m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.