HydroLAKES lake · #163601
Lough Gara
Surface area
2,29km²
Avg depth
2,6m
Volume
5,91km³
Shoreline
13,4km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Ballymote-TobercurrySligo · Ireland1.56 km²68.0% of lake
- BoyleRoscommon · Ireland0.73 km²32.0% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Lough Gara
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
2.29 km² overlap
Lough Gara SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
2.26 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
216 distinct species · 809 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Lough Gara : 21 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 92 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 17.4%, 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
2,29km²
Avg depth
2,6m
Volume
5,910km³
Watershed
452km²
Shoreline
13,4km
Shore dev. idx
2,50
Residence time
6days
Elevation
59m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.