HydroLAKES lake · #13490
Lauwersmeer
Surface area
21,41km²
Avg depth
3,3m
Volume
71,41km³
Shoreline
80km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Noardeast-FryslânFryslân · Netherlands12.44 km²57.8% of lake
- Het HogelandGroningen · Netherlands9.07 km²42.2% of lake
7 intersecting protected areas
Lauwersmeer
IUCN IVNature Conservation Act
20.67 km² overlap
Lauwersmeer
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
20.67 km² overlap
Lauwersmeer
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
20.66 km² overlap
Lauwersmeer
IUCN IINational Park
19.69 km² overlap
NNN-GR
IUCN Not AssignedNature Reserves owned by professional nature management organizations
11.23 km² overlap
NNN-FR
IUCN Not AssignedNature Reserves owned by professional nature management organizations
9.53 km² overlap
Waddensea Area
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
0.91 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 275 distinct species · 303 497 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Lauwersmeer : 24 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 90 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 16.0%, 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
21,41km²
Avg depth
3,3m
Volume
71,410km³
Watershed
1 612km²
Shoreline
80,0km
Shore dev. idx
4,88
Residence time
29days
Elevation
-2m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.