HydroLAKES lake · #163847
Mechower See
Surface area
1,45km²
Avg depth
3,1m
Volume
4,54km³
Shoreline
7,1km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NordwestmecklenburgMecklenburg-Vorpommern · Germany1.43 km²98.7% of lake
- Herzogtum LauenburgSchleswig-Holstein · Germany0.02 km²1.3% of lake
10 intersecting protected areas
Schaalsee
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve
1.44 km² overlap
Mechower See
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.44 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
1.44 km² overlap
Schaalsee-Landschaft
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.44 km² overlap
Goldensee, Mechower, Lankower und Culpiner See (MV)
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.44 km² overlap
Schaalsee, Pflegezone
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve - buffer zone
0.90 km² overlap
Schaalsee, Kernzone
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve - core area
0.53 km² overlap
Wälder und Seeufer östlich des Ratzeburger Sees
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.01 km² overlap
Schaalsee-Gebiet
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.01 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Nature Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 159 distinct species · 7 345 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 Mechower See : 30 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 70 interactions GloBI sur 7 types (connectance 9.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
1,45km²
Avg depth
3,1m
Volume
4,540km³
Watershed
49km²
Shoreline
7,1km
Shore dev. idx
1,66
Residence time
92days
Elevation
27m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.