HydroLAKES lake · #114683
West Lake
Surface area
8,05km²
Avg depth
1,7m
Volume
13,77km³
Shoreline
15,2km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Miami-DadeFlorida · United States8.04 km²100.0% of lake
6 intersecting protected areas
Everglades National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
8.04 km² overlap
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
IUCN IbWilderness Area
8.04 km² overlap
Everglades
IUCN VSpecially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)
8.04 km² overlap
Everglades
IUCN IINational Park
8.04 km² overlap
Everglades National Park
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
8.04 km² overlap
Everglades National Park
IUCN VMarine Protected Area
8.04 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
452 distinct species · 23 255 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 West Lake : 29 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 59 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
8,05km²
Avg depth
1,7m
Volume
13,770km³
Watershed
36km²
Shoreline
15,2km
Shore dev. idx
1,51
Residence time
366days
Elevation
6m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.