HydroLAKES lake · #15861
Minneriya Wewa
Surface area
21,63km²
Avg depth
26,9m
Volume
582,2km³
Shoreline
53,5km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- HingurakgodaPolonnaruwa · Sri Lanka21.54 km²100.0% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Minneriya - Giritale
IUCN IVSanctuary
21.14 km² overlap
Minneriya
IUCN IINational Park
20.70 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
301 distinct species · 822 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Minneriya Wewa : 35 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 24 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 3.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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
21,63km²
Avg depth
26,9m
Volume
582,200km³
Watershed
217km²
Shoreline
53,5km
Shore dev. idx
3,24
Residence time
1 610days
Elevation
95m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.