HydroLAKES lake · #1393
شط ملغيغ ⵛⵛⴻⵟ ⵎⴻⵍⵖⵉⵖ
Natural lakeAlgeriaAfrica -33 m
Surface area
319,32km²
Avg depth
2,9m
Volume
918,29km³
Shoreline
261,7km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- HamraiaEl Oued · Algeria319.25 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Chott Melrhir
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
319.25 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 4 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
319,32km²
Avg depth
2,9m
Volume
918,290km³
Watershed
89 137km²
Shoreline
261,7km
Shore dev. idx
4,13
Residence time
-1days
Elevation
-33m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.