HydroLAKES lake · #116930
Laguna Puruhanta
Natural lakeEcuadorSouth America 3469 m
Surface area
2,43km²
Avg depth
15,3m
Volume
37,16km³
Shoreline
9,9km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- PimampiroImbabura · Ecuador2.42 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Cayambe Coca
IUCN IINational Park
2.42 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
20 distinct species · 44 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
2,43km²
Avg depth
15,3m
Volume
37,160km³
Watershed
16km²
Shoreline
9,9km
Shore dev. idx
1,79
Residence time
838days
Elevation
3 469m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.