HydroLAKES lake · #162380
Lough Fern
Surface area
1,68km²
Avg depth
7,7m
Volume
12,9km³
Shoreline
6,2km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Letterkenny - MilfordDonegal · Ireland1.69 km²100.0% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Leannan River SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
1.69 km² overlap
Lough Fern SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.69 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
248 distinct species · 953 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 Lough Fern : 29 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 84 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 11.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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
1,68km²
Avg depth
7,7m
Volume
12,900km³
Watershed
206km²
Shoreline
6,2km
Shore dev. idx
1,36
Residence time
22days
Elevation
18m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.