HydroLAKES lake · #11519

Alajärvi

Natural lakeSwedenEurope 324 m

Surface area

11,02km²

Avg depth

14,5m

Volume

159,7km³

Shoreline

32km

Administrative coverage

Parent watershed

hybas-2080125880216 km² · upstream 4991 km²

1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Kiruna
Norrbotten · Sweden
11.09 km²
100.0% of lake

10 intersecting protected areas

Torne och Kalix älvsystem
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
10.20 km² overlap
Torne och Kalix älvsystem
IUCN Not Assigned
Natura 2000 SCI
10.20 km² overlap
2001054 Rautas fjällurskog
IUCN Ib
Nature Reserve
0.28 km² overlap
Rautas
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.28 km² overlap
Rautas
IUCN Ib
Natura 2000 SCI
0.28 km² overlap
2001250 Alajaure
IUCN Ib
Nature Reserve
0.26 km² overlap
Alajaure
IUCN Ib
Natura 2000 SCI
0.26 km² overlap
Alajaure
IUCN Ib
Natura 2000 SPA
0.26 km² overlap
Alajaure
IUCN Not Reported
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.26 km² overlap

1 more protected areassorted by overlap area

Alajaure
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.26 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

11,02km²

Avg depth

14,5m

Volume

159,700km³

Watershed

4 972km²

Shoreline

32,0km

Shore dev. idx

2,72

Residence time

40days

Elevation

324m

HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.