HydroLAKES lake · #16394
Zaaihoek Dam
Surface area
12,11km²
Avg depth
12,7m
Volume
153,79km³
Shoreline
35,7km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- AmajubaKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa12.09 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
346 distinct species · 5 578 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Zaaihoek Dam : 29 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 27 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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
12,11km²
Avg depth
12,7m
Volume
153,790km³
Watershed
598km²
Shoreline
35,7km
Shore dev. idx
2,89
Residence time
600days
Elevation
1 734m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.