Ontologia

HydroLAKES lake · #116916

Laguna Cuicocha

Natural lakeEcuadorSouth America 3059 m

Surface area

3,69km²

Avg depth

33,7m

Volume

124,11km³

Shoreline

13,6km

Administrative coverage

Parent watershed

hybas-60801984601179 km² · upstream 1180 km²

1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

  • Cotacachi
    Imbabura · Ecuador
    3.67 km²
    100.0% of lake

1 intersecting protected areas

Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

720 distinct species · 6 490 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

6 490 obs · 1 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 6 490
6 490–6 489
6 490–6 489
6 490–6 489
< 6 490

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

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).

Espèces affichées
40
Interactions affichées
40
Connectance
0.051
Patrimoniales
1
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

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.