HydroLAKES lake · #16291
Walvis Bay Salt Works
Surface area
15,17km²
Avg depth
1m
Volume
15,17km³
Shoreline
37,8km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Walvisbay RuralErongo · Namibia15.13 km²100.0% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Dorob
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
15.13 km² overlap
Walvis Bay
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
15.13 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
178 distinct species · 19 765 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 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 Walvis Bay Salt Works : 13 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 39 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 22.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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
15,17km²
Avg depth
1,0m
Volume
15,170km³
Watershed
16 810km²
Shoreline
37,8km
Shore dev. idx
2,74
Residence time
-1days
Elevation
0m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.