HydroLAKES lake · #1338
Alqueva Reservoir
Surface area
244km²
Avg depth
17m
Volume
4 150km³
Shoreline
325,8km
Administrative coverage
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
7 intersecting protected areas
Mourão/Moura/Barrancos
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
17.64 km² overlap
Rio Guadiana / Juromenha
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
11.71 km² overlap
Reguengos
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
3.27 km² overlap
Dehesas de Jerez
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
2.36 km² overlap
Dehesas de Jerez
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.36 km² overlap
Rivera de Taliga
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.29 km² overlap
Arroyos Cabriles y Friegamuñoz
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
972 distinct species · 20 559 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 Alqueva Reservoir : 33 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 66 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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
244,00km²
Avg depth
17,0m
Volume
4 150,000km³
Watershed
55 045km²
Shoreline
325,8km
Shore dev. idx
5,88
Residence time
333days
Elevation
152m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.