HydroLAKES lake · #10500
Laguna de Castillos
Surface area
69,56km²
Avg depth
2,2m
Volume
153,66km³
Shoreline
54km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- CastillosRocha · Uruguay69.43 km²99.8% of lake
- NARocha · Uruguay0.12 km²0.2% of lake
3 intersecting protected areas
Bañados del Este y Franja Costera
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
69.54 km² overlap
Bañados del Este
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
69.54 km² overlap
Laguna de Castillos
IUCN VProtected Landscape
69.54 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
228 distinct species · 3 499 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Laguna de Castillos : 26 espèces reliées par 37 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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
69,56km²
Avg depth
2,2m
Volume
153,660km³
Watershed
406km²
Shoreline
54,0km
Shore dev. idx
1,83
Residence time
287days
Elevation
-4m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.