HydroLAKES lake · #12506
Simpelejärvi
Surface area
88,55km²
Avg depth
16,4m
Volume
1 449,25km³
Shoreline
197km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- South KareliaSouthern Finland · Finland89.07 km²100.0% of lake
16 intersecting protected areas
Siikalahti, Sammallampi, Rautalahti
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
3.58 km² overlap
Siikalahti Bay Area
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
3.43 km² overlap
Siikalahti
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.34 km² overlap
State Nature Reserve
2.17 km² overlap
Pekan ja Urpon puisto
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.14 km² overlap
Johanneksen satumetsä
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.07 km² overlap
Metsälain erityisen tärkeät elinympäristöt Etelä-Karjala
IUCN Not AssignedForest habitats of special importance according to the Forest Act (OECM)
0.01 km² overlap
State Nature Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Pitkäsaaren luonnonsuojelualue
IUCN Not AssignedTemporary Protection Order
0.00 km² overlap
7 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Metsätalouden ympäristötukikohteet Etelä-Karjala
IUCN Not AssignedForestry environmental aid contracts (OECM)
0.00 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Tarvassaaren suojelualue
IUCN Not AssignedTemporary Protection Order
0.00 km² overlap
Antpoutanen
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Yläsenkallion luonnonsuojelualue
IUCN Not AssignedTemporary Protection Order
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 554 distinct species · 16 884 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Simpelejärvi : 29 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 63 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 10.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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
88,55km²
Avg depth
16,4m
Volume
1 449,250km³
Watershed
485km²
Shoreline
197,0km
Shore dev. idx
5,91
Residence time
4 403days
Elevation
48m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.