HydroLAKES lake · #15840
Periyar Lake
Surface area
14,33km²
Avg depth
31m
Volume
443,6km³
Shoreline
110km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- IdukkiKerala · India14.27 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Western Ghats
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
2.32 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
218 distinct species · 8 211 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 Periyar Lake : 21 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 16 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.3%, 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
14,33km²
Avg depth
31,0m
Volume
443,600km³
Watershed
624km²
Shoreline
110,0km
Shore dev. idx
8,20
Residence time
602days
Elevation
867m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.