HydroLAKES lake · #16598
Voëlvlei Dam
Surface area
13,3km²
Avg depth
12,6m
Volume
168,2km³
Shoreline
20,5km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Cape WinelandsWestern Cape · South Africa13.30 km²100.0% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
0.35 km² overlap
Voëlvlei Provincial Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
357 distinct species · 2 777 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Voëlvlei Dam : 28 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 30 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 4.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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
13,30km²
Avg depth
12,6m
Volume
168,200km³
Watershed
48km²
Shoreline
20,5km
Shore dev. idx
1,59
Residence time
4 169days
Elevation
73m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.