HydroLAKES lake · #15851
Giants Tank
Surface area
13,76km²
Avg depth
1,2m
Volume
16,57km³
Shoreline
19km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NanaddanMannar · Sri Lanka13.70 km²100.0% of lake
- Manthai WestMannar · Sri Lanka0.00 km²0.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Gaint's Tank
IUCN IVSanctuary
13.67 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
170 distinct species · 1 861 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 Giants Tank : 19 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 44 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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
13,76km²
Avg depth
1,2m
Volume
16,570km³
Watershed
56km²
Shoreline
19,0km
Shore dev. idx
1,45
Residence time
374days
Elevation
13m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.