HydroLAKES lake · #14240
Étang de Carcans
Surface area
57,66km²
Avg depth
7,6m
Volume
440,23km³
Shoreline
49,4km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- GirondeNouvelle-Aquitaine · France57.79 km²100.0% of lake
5 intersecting protected areas
Médoc
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
57.79 km² overlap
Zones humides de l'arrière dune du littoral girondin
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
57.38 km² overlap
Marais du Nord Médoc
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.16 km² overlap
Dunes Et Marais D\'Hourtin
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
0.11 km² overlap
Etang de carcans - hourtin
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 734 distinct species · 55 693 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Étang de Carcans : 30 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 94 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 12.1%, 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
57,66km²
Avg depth
7,6m
Volume
440,230km³
Watershed
445km²
Shoreline
49,4km
Shore dev. idx
1,84
Residence time
889days
Elevation
12m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.