HydroLAKES lake · #116916
Laguna Cuicocha
Surface area
3,69km²
Avg depth
33,7m
Volume
124,11km³
Shoreline
13,6km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- CotacachiImbabura · Ecuador3.67 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Cotacachi Cayapas
IUCN IINational Park
3.67 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
720 distinct species · 6 490 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Cuicocha : 35 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 40 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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
3,69km²
Avg depth
33,7m
Volume
124,110km³
Watershed
28km²
Shoreline
13,6km
Shore dev. idx
2,00
Residence time
1 509days
Elevation
3 059m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.