HydroLAKES lake · #15038
Kar Tso
Surface area
16,83km²
Avg depth
5,7m
Volume
95,96km³
Shoreline
29,4km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Leh (Ladakh)Jammu and Kashmir · India16.83 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Tso Kar Wetland Complex
IUCN IbWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
16.82 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
264 distinct species · 10 942 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 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 Kar Tso : 21 espèces + 2 bulles famille, 26 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 10.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 2 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
16,83km²
Avg depth
5,7m
Volume
95,960km³
Watershed
993km²
Shoreline
29,4km
Shore dev. idx
2,02
Residence time
59days
Elevation
4 531m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.