HydroLAKES lake · #13162
Esrum Sø
Surface area
16,09km²
Avg depth
8,1m
Volume
130,83km³
Shoreline
23,5km
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- FredensborgHovedstaden · Denmark5.04 km²31.2% of lake
- GribskovHovedstaden · Denmark4.83 km²29.9% of lake
- HillerødHovedstaden · Denmark3.27 km²20.2% of lake
- HelsingørHovedstaden · Denmark3.02 km²18.7% of lake
11 intersecting protected areas
Esrum Sø, Esrum Å og Snævret Skov
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
16.17 km² overlap
Fredensborg Kommune public
IUCN IV§3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.)
5.16 km² overlap
Gribskov Kommune public
IUCN IV§3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.)
4.78 km² overlap
Hillerød Kommune public
IUCN IV§3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.)
3.18 km² overlap
Helsingør Kommune public
IUCN IV§3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.)
3.06 km² overlap
Gribskov
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.22 km² overlap
Gribskov
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.00 km² overlap
Hillerød Kommune private
IUCN Not Assigned§3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.)
0.00 km² overlap
Helsingør Kommune private
IUCN Not Assigned§3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.)
0.00 km² overlap
2 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Møllekrog
IUCN IVProtected by conservation order, excl. Church surroundings
0.00 km² overlap
Fredensborg Kommune private
IUCN Not Assigned§3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.)
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 330 distinct species · 67 902 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Esrum Sø : 24 espèces reliées par 121 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 13.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 19 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
16,09km²
Avg depth
8,1m
Volume
130,830km³
Watershed
74km²
Shoreline
23,5km
Shore dev. idx
1,65
Residence time
2 097days
Elevation
8m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.