HydroLAKES lake · #146715
Kjalvötn
Natural lakeIcelandEurope 577 m
Surface area
2,77km²
Avg depth
4,7m
Volume
12,9km³
Shoreline
12km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- VillingaholtshreppurSuðurland · Iceland2.79 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 6 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
2,77km²
Avg depth
4,7m
Volume
12,900km³
Watershed
7km²
Shoreline
12,0km
Shore dev. idx
2,04
Residence time
417days
Elevation
577m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.