HydroLAKES lake · #16372
Kosimeer
Surface area
30,45km²
Avg depth
13,8m
Volume
420,51km³
Shoreline
23,3km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- UmkhanyakudeKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa30.40 km²100.0% of lake
3 intersecting protected areas
iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
30.40 km² overlap
Coastal Forest Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
30.40 km² overlap
Kosi Bay
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
30.40 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
940 distinct species · 4 778 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Kosimeer : 22 espèces reliées par 26 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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
30,45km²
Avg depth
13,8m
Volume
420,510km³
Watershed
504km²
Shoreline
23,3km
Shore dev. idx
1,19
Residence time
1 831days
Elevation
2m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.