HydroLAKES lake · #162471
Loch Ken
Surface area
5,16km²
Avg depth
8,6m
Volume
44,25km³
Shoreline
39,2km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Dumfries and GallowayScotland · United Kingdom5.18 km²100.0% of lake
6 intersecting protected areas
Loch Ken and River Dee Marshes
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
2.55 km² overlap
Loch Ken & River Dee Marshes
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
2.54 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
2.38 km² overlap
Kenmure Holms
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.16 km² overlap
Ken-Dee Marshes
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.15 km² overlap
Airds of Kells Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 337 distinct species · 11 962 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 Ken : 29 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 93 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 11.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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
5,16km²
Avg depth
8,6m
Volume
44,250km³
Watershed
817km²
Shoreline
39,2km
Shore dev. idx
4,86
Residence time
15days
Elevation
44m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.