HydroLAKES lake · #15897
Udawalawe Reservoir
Surface area
27,9km²
Avg depth
9,6m
Volume
268,6km³
Shoreline
87,8km
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- ThanamalvilaMoneragala · Sri Lanka13.36 km²48.1% of lake
- EmbilipitiyaRatnapura · Sri Lanka10.59 km²38.1% of lake
- WeligepolaRatnapura · Sri Lanka3.24 km²11.7% of lake
- BalangodaRatnapura · Sri Lanka0.60 km²2.2% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Uda Walawe
IUCN IINational Park
27.64 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
219 distinct species · 1 839 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Udawalawe Reservoir : 23 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 26 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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
27,90km²
Avg depth
9,6m
Volume
268,600km³
Watershed
1 177km²
Shoreline
87,8km
Shore dev. idx
4,69
Residence time
68days
Elevation
84m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.