HydroLAKES lake · #15838
Uppu Aru Lagoon
Surface area
14,75km²
Avg depth
1m
Volume
14,75km³
Shoreline
65,6km
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Valikamam EastJaffna · Sri Lanka9.99 km²68.0% of lake
- Thenmaradchy (Chavakachcheri)Jaffna · Sri Lanka4.47 km²30.4% of lake
- NallurJaffna · Sri Lanka0.23 km²1.6% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
72 distinct species · 108 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Uppu Aru Lagoon : 25 espèces reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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
14,75km²
Avg depth
1,0m
Volume
14,750km³
Watershed
516km²
Shoreline
65,6km
Shore dev. idx
4,82
Residence time
22days
Elevation
1m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.