HydroLAKES lake · #115334
El Caracol
Surface area
8,91km²
Avg depth
2,6m
Volume
23,38km³
Shoreline
17,7km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Ecatepec de MorelosMéxico · México8.88 km²99.9% of lake
- AtencoMéxico · México0.01 km²0.1% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Lago de Texcoco
IUCN VINatural Resources Protection Area
6.32 km² overlap
Lago de Texcoco
IUCN VIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
6.32 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
577 distinct species · 10 560 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 El Caracol : 28 espèces reliées par 79 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 10.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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
8,91km²
Avg depth
2,6m
Volume
23,380km³
Watershed
5 391km²
Shoreline
17,7km
Shore dev. idx
1,67
Residence time
25days
Elevation
2 233m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.