HydroLAKES lake · #158974
Loch Loyal
Surface area
6,63km²
Avg depth
13,6m
Volume
90,43km³
Shoreline
17,6km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- HighlandScotland · United Kingdom6.66 km²100.0% of lake
9 intersecting protected areas
The Flow Country
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
6.66 km² overlap
Caithness & Sutherland Peatlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.25 km² overlap
Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.21 km² overlap
Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.21 km² overlap
Syre Peatlands
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.13 km² overlap
Bad na Gallaig
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.07 km² overlap
Ben Loyal
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.02 km² overlap
Kyle of Tongue
IUCN Not ReportedNational Scenic Area
0.01 km² overlap
West Borgie
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
730 distinct species · 1 712 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Loch Loyal : 32 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 4.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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
6,63km²
Avg depth
13,6m
Volume
90,430km³
Watershed
83km²
Shoreline
17,6km
Shore dev. idx
1,93
Residence time
381days
Elevation
113m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.