HydroLAKES lake · #116500
Ciénaga El Contento
Natural lakeColombiaSouth America 36 m
Surface area
2,49km²
Avg depth
1,3m
Volume
3,17km³
Shoreline
10,8km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- GamarraCesar · Colombia2.48 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Cuenca Hidrográfica Quebrada Buturama – Quebrada Guaduas Y Otros Directos Al Magdalena Medio
IUCN Not ApplicableWatershed
2.48 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 7 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
2,49km²
Avg depth
1,3m
Volume
3,170km³
Watershed
94km²
Shoreline
10,8km
Shore dev. idx
1,94
Residence time
22days
Elevation
36m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.