HydroLAKES lake · #16370
Grootdraaidam
Surface area
37,72km²
Avg depth
9,6m
Volume
362,5km³
Shoreline
129,9km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Gert SibandeMpumalanga · South Africa37.66 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
20 distinct species · 76 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 5 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 Grootdraaidam : 5 espèces reliées par 3 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 30.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
37,72km²
Avg depth
9,6m
Volume
362,500km³
Watershed
7 970km²
Shoreline
129,9km
Shore dev. idx
5,96
Residence time
255days
Elevation
1 552m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.