HydroLAKES lake · #1661
Pongolapoortdam
Surface area
128,86km²
Avg depth
19,4m
Volume
2 500,6km³
Shoreline
139,4km
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- ZululandKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa115.34 km²89.7% of lake
- SomntongoShiselweni · Swaziland7.89 km²6.1% of lake
- UmkhanyakudeKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa5.43 km²4.2% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Pongola Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
18.22 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
532 distinct species · 9 798 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 17 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 Pongolapoortdam : 14 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 17 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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
128,86km²
Avg depth
19,4m
Volume
2 500,600km³
Watershed
7 858km²
Shoreline
139,4km
Shore dev. idx
3,46
Residence time
674days
Elevation
140m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.