HydroLAKES lake · #16421
Spioenkopdam
Surface area
13,71km²
Avg depth
20,4m
Volume
279,6km³
Shoreline
44,2km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- UthukelaKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa13.69 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Spioenkop Public Resort Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
13.45 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
489 distinct species · 7 627 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 20 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 Spioenkopdam : 18 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 15 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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
13,71km²
Avg depth
20,4m
Volume
279,600km³
Watershed
2 516km²
Shoreline
44,2km
Shore dev. idx
3,37
Residence time
347days
Elevation
1 073m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.