HydroLAKES lake · #15879
Victoriya Reservoir
Surface area
11,38km²
Avg depth
63,5m
Volume
723km³
Shoreline
76,2km
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MedadumbaraKandy · Sri Lanka6.48 km²57.2% of lake
- HangurankethaNuwara Eliya · Sri Lanka1.99 km²17.5% of lake
- KundasaleKandy · Sri Lanka1.60 km²14.1% of lake
- PathahewahetaKandy · Sri Lanka1.27 km²11.2% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Sanctuary
10.94 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
226 distinct species · 1 630 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 Victoriya Reservoir : 30 espèces dont 4 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 26 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.9%, 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
11,38km²
Avg depth
63,5m
Volume
723,000km³
Watershed
1 890km²
Shoreline
76,2km
Shore dev. idx
6,37
Residence time
136days
Elevation
422m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.