HydroLAKES lake · #16455
Albert Falls Dam
Surface area
22,6km²
Avg depth
12,8m
Volume
289,2km³
Shoreline
33,7km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- UmgungundlovuKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa22.57 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Albert Falls Public Resort Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
22.09 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
703 distinct species · 18 731 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 Albert Falls Dam : 17 espèces reliées par 17 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.9%, 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
22,60km²
Avg depth
12,8m
Volume
289,200km³
Watershed
1 658km²
Shoreline
33,7km
Shore dev. idx
2,00
Residence time
459days
Elevation
657m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.