HydroLAKES lake · #12400
Kiteenjärvi
Surface area
14,95km²
Avg depth
10,7m
Volume
159,33km³
Shoreline
29,5km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- North KareliaEastern Finland · Finland15.03 km²100.0% of lake
16 intersecting protected areas
Päätyeenlahti
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
2.29 km² overlap
Bird-lakes of Rääkkylä and Kitee
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
2.18 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
1.59 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.34 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.21 km² overlap
Päätye-Sepänniemi
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.08 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
PÄÄTYEENLAHT1 3 (LS.ALUE)
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
State Nature Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
7 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Metsälain erityisen tärkeät elinympäristöt Pohjois-Karjala
IUCN Not AssignedForest habitats of special importance according to the Forest Act (OECM)
0.02 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Hiidensaari-Valkolansaari
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.01 km² overlap
Hiidensaari-Valkolansaari
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.01 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 443 distinct species · 5 020 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 Kiteenjärvi : 30 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 88 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 10.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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
14,95km²
Avg depth
10,7m
Volume
159,330km³
Watershed
203km²
Shoreline
29,5km
Shore dev. idx
2,15
Residence time
957days
Elevation
59m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.