HydroLAKES lake · #16335
Kwena Dam
Surface area
12,02km²
Avg depth
13,9m
Volume
167km³
Shoreline
21,5km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- EhlanzeniMpumalanga · South Africa11.99 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 007 distinct species · 5 425 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 Kwena Dam : 32 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 4.4%, 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
12,02km²
Avg depth
13,9m
Volume
167,000km³
Watershed
965km²
Shoreline
21,5km
Shore dev. idx
1,75
Residence time
502days
Elevation
1 184m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.