HydroLAKES lake · #171306
Lac de Couesques
Surface area
1,46km²
Avg depth
38,5m
Volume
56,1km³
Shoreline
21,8km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- AveyronOccitanie · France1.46 km²100.0% of lake
4 communes (L5)For countries with L5
- Montézic0.68 km²
- Saint-Hippolyte0.56 km²
- Campouriez0.18 km²
- Lacroix-Barrez0.05 km²
3 intersecting protected areas
Gorges de la Truyère
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.46 km² overlap
Haute vallée du Lot entre Espalion et Saint-Laurent-d'Olt et gorges de la Truyère, basse vallée du Lot et le Goul
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.44 km² overlap
Aubrac
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
0.79 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
805 distinct species · 3 603 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Couesques : 32 espèces + 5 bulles famille, 77 interactions GloBI documentées sur 5 types (connectance 11.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 5 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
1,46km²
Avg depth
38,5m
Volume
56,100km³
Watershed
2 753km²
Shoreline
21,8km
Shore dev. idx
5,10
Residence time
16days
Elevation
296m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.