HydroLAKES lake · #16593
Mentzdam
Surface area
19,69km²
Avg depth
9,7m
Volume
191,8km³
Shoreline
32km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- CacaduEastern Cape · South Africa19.68 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Addo Elephant National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
18.71 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
111 distinct species · 139 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Mentzdam : 28 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 23 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 4.9%, 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
19,69km²
Avg depth
9,7m
Volume
191,800km³
Watershed
16 955km²
Shoreline
32,0km
Shore dev. idx
2,03
Residence time
231days
Elevation
239m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.