HydroLAKES lake · #115906
Laguna de Masaya
Surface area
8,13km²
Avg depth
28m
Volume
227,94km³
Shoreline
14,2km
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MasayaMasaya · Nicaragua2.96 km²36.5% of lake
- MasatepeMasaya · Nicaragua1.85 km²22.8% of lake
- La ConcepciónMasaya · Nicaragua1.84 km²22.7% of lake
- NindiríMasaya · Nicaragua1.46 km²18.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Volcán Masaya
IUCN IINational Park
8.10 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
520 distinct species · 12 430 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 Laguna de Masaya : 29 espèces reliées par 64 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 8.2%, 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
8,13km²
Avg depth
28,0m
Volume
227,940km³
Watershed
222km²
Shoreline
14,2km
Shore dev. idx
1,41
Residence time
1 320days
Elevation
126m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.