HydroLAKES lake · #166507
Rurtalsperre
Surface area
5,92km²
Avg depth
30,7m
Volume
181,8km³
Shoreline
43,1km
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- DürenNordrhein-Westfalen · Germany3.81 km²64.2% of lake
- Städteregion AachenNordrhein-Westfalen · Germany2.06 km²34.8% of lake
- EuskirchenNordrhein-Westfalen · Germany0.06 km²1.0% of lake
10 intersecting protected areas
LSG-Rurtalsperre
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
2.76 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
2.19 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
0.68 km² overlap
Vogelschutzgebiet Kermeter-Hetzinger Wald
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.51 km² overlap
Nationalpark Eifel
IUCN IINational Park
0.50 km² overlap
Kermeter
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.05 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
0.00 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 150 distinct species · 10 116 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Rurtalsperre : 30 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 83 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 11.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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
5,92km²
Avg depth
30,7m
Volume
181,800km³
Watershed
657km²
Shoreline
43,1km
Shore dev. idx
5,00
Residence time
259days
Elevation
280m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.