HydroLAKES lake · #16374
Heyshopedam
Surface area
48,19km²
Avg depth
10,4m
Volume
500km³
Shoreline
109,8km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Gert SibandeMpumalanga · South Africa48.11 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
107 distinct species · 431 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 21 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 Heyshopedam : 16 espèces reliées par 23 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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
48,19km²
Avg depth
10,4m
Volume
500,000km³
Watershed
1 135km²
Shoreline
109,8km
Shore dev. idx
4,46
Residence time
809days
Elevation
1 306m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.