HydroLAKES lake · #16463
Midmar Dam
Surface area
15,16km²
Avg depth
11,7m
Volume
177,1km³
Shoreline
39,1km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- UmgungundlovuKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa15.15 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Midmar Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
14.52 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
724 distinct species · 49 362 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Midmar Dam : 23 espèces reliées par 22 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.3%, 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
15,16km²
Avg depth
11,7m
Volume
177,100km³
Watershed
932km²
Shoreline
39,1km
Shore dev. idx
2,83
Residence time
436days
Elevation
1 045m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.