HydroLAKES lake · #15763
Grand Bao Bolong
Surface area
37,92km²
Avg depth
2,5m
Volume
94,62km³
Shoreline
114,6km
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Nioro du RipKaolack · Senegal32.02 km²84.8% of lake
- BirkilaneKaffrine · Senegal3.65 km²9.7% of lake
- KaffrineKaffrine · Senegal1.75 km²4.6% of lake
- Upper BaddibuNorth Bank · Gambia0.36 km²1.0% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Baobolon Wetland Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.47 km² overlap
Baobolong
IUCN VIWetland Reserve
0.44 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
72 distinct species · 205 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 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 Grand Bao Bolong : 13 espèces reliées par 10 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 9.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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
37,92km²
Avg depth
2,5m
Volume
94,620km³
Watershed
3 216km²
Shoreline
114,6km
Shore dev. idx
5,25
Residence time
257days
Elevation
0m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.