HydroLAKES lake · #15899
Sittarama Wewa
Surface area
15,72km²
Avg depth
2,9m
Volume
45,81km³
Shoreline
25,6km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- ThanamalvilaMoneragala · Sri Lanka10.40 km²66.5% of lake
- LunugamveheraHambantota · Sri Lanka5.25 km²33.5% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Lunugamwehera
IUCN IINational Park
15.46 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
85 distinct species · 149 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 Sittarama Wewa : 24 espèces dont 4 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 26 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.4%, 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
15,72km²
Avg depth
2,9m
Volume
45,810km³
Watershed
902km²
Shoreline
25,6km
Shore dev. idx
1,82
Residence time
27days
Elevation
50m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.