HydroLAKES lake · #16400
Chelmsford Dam
Surface area
29,75km²
Avg depth
6,7m
Volume
198,4km³
Shoreline
69,8km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- AmajubaKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa29.70 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Chelmsford Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
28.92 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
168 distinct species · 633 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Chelmsford Dam : 27 espèces reliées par 38 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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
29,75km²
Avg depth
6,7m
Volume
198,400km³
Watershed
850km²
Shoreline
69,8km
Shore dev. idx
3,61
Residence time
1 092days
Elevation
1 247m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.