HydroLAKES lake · #15212
Birkat ash Shajarah
Surface area
12,14km²
Avg depth
1m
Volume
12,14km³
Shoreline
23,4km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Al-ManasrahBur Sa`id · Egypt10.41 km²85.8% of lake
- Al-GanoubBur Sa`id · Egypt1.72 km²14.2% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Ashtum El Gamel
IUCN VIMultiple Use Management Area
0.12 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
121 distinct species · 245 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Birkat ash Shajarah : 23 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 43 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 11.4%, 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
12,14km²
Avg depth
1,0m
Volume
12,140km³
Watershed
11 746km²
Shoreline
23,4km
Shore dev. idx
1,89
Residence time
-1days
Elevation
-2m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.