HydroLAKES lake · #16242
Ross River
Surface area
42,53km²
Avg depth
9,8m
Volume
417km³
Shoreline
52,6km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- TownsvilleQueensland · Australia42.41 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
229 distinct species · 1 159 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Ross River : 25 espèces reliées par 45 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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
42,53km²
Avg depth
9,8m
Volume
417,000km³
Watershed
803km²
Shoreline
52,6km
Shore dev. idx
2,28
Residence time
755days
Elevation
37m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.