HydroLAKES lake · #170340
Lac de Vassivière
Surface area
8,15km²
Avg depth
13,1m
Volume
107km³
Shoreline
42,6km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- CreuseNouvelle-Aquitaine · France4.23 km²51.8% of lake
- Haute-VienneNouvelle-Aquitaine · France3.94 km²48.2% of lake
4 communes (L5)For countries with L5
- Royère-de-Vassivière4.12 km²
- Beaumont-du-Lac3.20 km²
- Peyrat-le-Château0.74 km²
- Faux-la-Montagne0.11 km²
6 intersecting protected areas
Millevaches En Limousin
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
8.17 km² overlap
Plateau de Millevaches
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
8.17 km² overlap
Land acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.02 km² overlap
Landes et zones humides autour du lac de Vassivière
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.01 km² overlap
Chassagnas
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.01 km² overlap
Soumeix
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
852 distinct species · 5 674 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Lac de Vassivière : 31 espèces + 4 bulles famille, 62 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 10.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 4 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
8,15km²
Avg depth
13,1m
Volume
107,000km³
Watershed
73km²
Shoreline
42,6km
Shore dev. idx
4,21
Residence time
1 190days
Elevation
648m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.