HydroLAKES lake · #10096
Lago Açu
Natural lakeBrazilSouth America 4 m
Surface area
72,35km²
Avg depth
1,7m
Volume
125,08km³
Shoreline
141,4km
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Conceição do Lago-AçuMaranhão · Brazil69.23 km²96.1% of lake
- Pio XIIMaranhão · Brazil2.68 km²3.7% of lake
- Lago VerdeMaranhão · Brazil0.12 km²0.2% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
72.03 km² overlap
Environmental Protection Area
72.03 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 3 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
72,35km²
Avg depth
1,7m
Volume
125,080km³
Watershed
1 709km²
Shoreline
141,4km
Shore dev. idx
4,69
Residence time
43days
Elevation
4m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.