HydroLAKES lake · #16406
Spitskopdam
Surface area
23,01km²
Avg depth
2,7m
Volume
61,3km³
Shoreline
42,7km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Frances BaardNorthern Cape · South Africa15.84 km²68.9% of lake
- Dr Ruth Segomotsi MompatiNorth West · South Africa7.14 km²31.1% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
104 distinct species · 229 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 18 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 Spitskopdam : 14 espèces reliées par 17 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 11.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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
23,01km²
Avg depth
2,7m
Volume
61,300km³
Watershed
27 032km²
Shoreline
42,7km
Shore dev. idx
2,51
Residence time
23days
Elevation
1 044m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.