HydroLAKES lake · #15855
Kantale Wewa
Surface area
20,31km²
Avg depth
5,1m
Volume
103,39km³
Shoreline
42,9km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- KantalaiTrincomalee · Sri Lanka20.02 km²98.9% of lake
- HingurakgodaPolonnaruwa · Sri Lanka0.21 km²1.1% of lake
3 intersecting protected areas
Kantalai
IUCN IbReserved Forest
5.76 km² overlap
Anawulandawa
IUCN IaConservation Forest
0.13 km² overlap
Somawatiya Chaithya
IUCN IINational Park
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
116 distinct species · 457 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Kantale Wewa : 28 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 34 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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
20,31km²
Avg depth
5,1m
Volume
103,390km³
Watershed
218km²
Shoreline
42,9km
Shore dev. idx
2,69
Residence time
327days
Elevation
61m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.