HydroLAKES lake · #116978
Laguna El Canal
Surface area
4,83km²
Avg depth
1,3m
Volume
6,5km³
Shoreline
16,2km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- ChoneManabi · Ecuador4.81 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
La Segua
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
4.81 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
369 distinct species · 26 395 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 El Canal : 17 espèces reliées par 43 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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
4,83km²
Avg depth
1,3m
Volume
6,500km³
Watershed
2 219km²
Shoreline
16,2km
Shore dev. idx
2,07
Residence time
2days
Elevation
2m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.