HydroLAKES lake · #11851
Mývatn
Surface area
38,21km²
Avg depth
6,8m
Volume
258,68km³
Shoreline
65,2km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- SkútustaðahreppurNorðurland eystra · Iceland38.47 km²100.0% of lake
4 intersecting protected areas
Myvatn-Laxá region
IUCN VWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
38.47 km² overlap
Mývatn
IUCN IVConservation Area
38.44 km² overlap
Mývatn-Laxá
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
38.44 km² overlap
Skútustaðagígar
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
460 distinct species · 16 582 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Mývatn : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 70 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 14.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
38,21km²
Avg depth
6,8m
Volume
258,680km³
Watershed
2 003km²
Shoreline
65,2km
Shore dev. idx
2,98
Residence time
72days
Elevation
263m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.