Ontologia

HydroLAKES lake · #16341

Driekoppies Dam

Natural lakeSouth AfricaAfrica 330 m

Surface area

17,2km²

Avg depth

6,7m

Volume

114,84km³

Shoreline

41,4km

Administrative coverage

Parent watershed

hybas-10815960801488 km² · upstream 1488 km²

2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

  • Ehlanzeni
    Mpumalanga · South Africa
    15.37 km²
    89.5% of lake
  • Timpisini
    Hhohho · Swaziland
    1.80 km²
    10.5% of lake

Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

128 distinct species · 339 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

339 obs · 1 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 339
339–338
339–338
339–338
< 339

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 48 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Driekoppies Dam : 43 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 45 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
48
Interactions affichées
45
Connectance
0.040
Patrimoniales
1
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)

Surface

17,20km²

Avg depth

6,7m

Volume

114,840km³

Watershed

907km²

Shoreline

41,4km

Shore dev. idx

2,82

Residence time

311days

Elevation

330m

HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.