HydroLAKES lake · #14327
Lac de Sainte-Croix
Surface area
18,73km²
Avg depth
41m
Volume
767km³
Shoreline
40,8km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- VarProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · France10.82 km²57.7% of lake
- Alpes-de-Haute-ProvenceProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · France7.95 km²42.3% of lake
6 communes (L5)For countries with L5
- Les Salles-sur-Verdon6.21 km²
- Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon5.70 km²
- Bauduen3.97 km²
- Moustiers-Sainte-Marie2.25 km²
- Aiguines0.64 km²
- Baudinard-sur-Verdon0.00 km²
4 intersecting protected areas
Verdon
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
18.76 km² overlap
Protected perimeter around a national nature reserve
1.93 km² overlap
Plateau de Valensole
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.00 km² overlap
Valensole
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 105 distinct species · 26 610 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Lac de Sainte-Croix : 28 espèces + 4 bulles famille, 53 interactions GloBI documentées sur 5 types (connectance 10.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 4 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
18,73km²
Avg depth
41,0m
Volume
767,000km³
Watershed
1 563km²
Shoreline
40,8km
Shore dev. idx
2,66
Residence time
402days
Elevation
470m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.