HydroLAKES lake · #171615
Étang de Léon
Surface area
2,94km²
Avg depth
4,1m
Volume
12,11km³
Shoreline
7,2km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- LandesNouvelle-Aquitaine · France2.94 km²100.0% of lake
2 communes (L5)For countries with L5
- Léon1.69 km²
- Vielle-Saint-Girons1.25 km²
3 intersecting protected areas
Zones humides de l'Étang de Léon
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.94 km² overlap
Courant D\'Huchet
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
1.16 km² overlap
Courant d'Huchet
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.13 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 200 distinct species · 25 781 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Étang de Léon : 32 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 117 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 14.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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
2,94km²
Avg depth
4,1m
Volume
12,110km³
Watershed
336km²
Shoreline
7,2km
Shore dev. idx
1,19
Residence time
18days
Elevation
4m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.