Ontologia

HydroLAKES lake · #1537

Goronyo Dam

ReservoirNigeriaAfrica 285 m

Surface area

107,48km²

Avg depth

9,1m

Volume

974km³

Shoreline

131,3km

Administrative coverage

Parent watershed

hybas-10806804801976 km² · upstream 31108 km²

3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

  • Sabon Birni
    Sokoto · Nigeria
    55.51 km²
    51.8% of lake
  • Goronyo
    Sokoto · Nigeria
    48.23 km²
    45.0% of lake
  • Illela
    Sokoto · Nigeria
    3.34 km²
    3.1% of lake

1 intersecting protected areas

  • Kaikaimako

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    3.85 km² overlap

Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

12 distinct species · 12 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

12 obs · 1 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 12
12–11
12–11
12–11
< 12

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)

Surface

107,48km²

Avg depth

9,1m

Volume

974,000km³

Watershed

30 695km²

Shoreline

131,3km

Shore dev. idx

3,57

Residence time

171days

Elevation

285m

HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.