HydroLAKES lake · #145834
Hítarvatn
Surface area
7,62km²
Avg depth
21,2m
Volume
161,3km³
Shoreline
15,1km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- BorgarbyggðVesturland · Iceland7.38 km²96.2% of lake
- KolbeinsstaðahreppurVesturland · Iceland0.29 km²3.8% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
180 distinct species · 332 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 16 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 Hítarvatn : 11 espèces reliées par 17 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 14.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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
7,62km²
Avg depth
21,2m
Volume
161,300km³
Watershed
54km²
Shoreline
15,1km
Shore dev. idx
1,54
Residence time
854days
Elevation
136m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.