HydroLAKES lake · #16529
Mtata Dam
Surface area
22,56km²
Avg depth
11,3m
Volume
255,9km³
Shoreline
97,3km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- O.R.TamboEastern Cape · South Africa22.54 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
55 distinct species · 286 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 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 Mtata Dam : 13 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 13 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 10.8%, 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
22,56km²
Avg depth
11,3m
Volume
255,900km³
Watershed
895km²
Shoreline
97,3km
Shore dev. idx
5,78
Residence time
476days
Elevation
692m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.