HydroLAKES lake · #15860
Kaudulla Wewa
Surface area
23,24km²
Avg depth
4,2m
Volume
98,58km³
Shoreline
42,6km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MedirigiriyaPolonnaruwa · Sri Lanka21.90 km²94.6% of lake
- HingurakgodaPolonnaruwa · Sri Lanka1.25 km²5.4% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Kaudulla
IUCN IINational Park
21.32 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
179 distinct species · 1 847 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Kaudulla Wewa : 31 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 26 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.1%, 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
23,24km²
Avg depth
4,2m
Volume
98,580km³
Watershed
255km²
Shoreline
42,6km
Shore dev. idx
2,49
Residence time
256days
Elevation
75m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.