HydroLAKES lake · #163142
Westensee
Surface area
6,2km²
Avg depth
7,5m
Volume
46,5km³
Shoreline
20,6km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Rendsburg-EckernfördeSchleswig-Holstein · Germany6.23 km²100.0% of lake
4 intersecting protected areas
Gebiet der Oberen Eider incl. Seen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
6.23 km² overlap
Westenseelandschaft
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
3.71 km² overlap
NSG Ahrensee und nordöstlicher Westensee
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
2.53 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
2.53 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 383 distinct species · 6 059 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 Westensee : 31 espèces reliées par 88 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 10.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
6,20km²
Avg depth
7,5m
Volume
46,500km³
Watershed
258km²
Shoreline
20,6km
Shore dev. idx
2,33
Residence time
135days
Elevation
4m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.