HydroLAKES lake · #14645
Embalse de Orellana
Surface area
39,96km²
Avg depth
22,5m
Volume
900km³
Shoreline
158,7km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- BadajozExtremadura · Spain40.00 km²100.0% of lake
6 intersecting protected areas
Embalse de Orellana y Sierra de Pela
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
39.99 km² overlap
Embalse de Orellana y Sierra de Pela
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
39.99 km² overlap
Embalse de Orellana
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
29.46 km² overlap
La Serena
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.00 km² overlap
La Serena y Sierras Periféricas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.00 km² overlap
Río Guadiana Alto - Zujar
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
344 distinct species · 4 681 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Embalse de Orellana : 28 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 69 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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
39,96km²
Avg depth
22,5m
Volume
900,000km³
Watershed
26 255km²
Shoreline
158,7km
Shore dev. idx
7,08
Residence time
227days
Elevation
312m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.