HydroLAKES lake · #16608
Paul Sauerdam
Surface area
45,59km²
Avg depth
2,8m
Volume
128,5km³
Shoreline
58,8km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- CacaduEastern Cape · South Africa45.57 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
42.13 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
81 distinct species · 135 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 10 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 Paul Sauerdam : 8 espèces reliées par 8 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 17.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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
45,59km²
Avg depth
2,8m
Volume
128,500km³
Watershed
33 621km²
Shoreline
58,8km
Shore dev. idx
2,46
Residence time
67days
Elevation
169m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.