HydroLAKES lake · #173794
Chakan Kōl
Natural lakeAfghanistanAsia 4049 m
Surface area
5,04km²
Avg depth
3,3m
Volume
16,57km³
Shoreline
19,1km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- WakhanBadakhshan · Afghanistan5.05 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Wakhan National Park
IUCN IINational Park
5.05 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
5,04km²
Avg depth
3,3m
Volume
16,570km³
Watershed
272km²
Shoreline
19,1km
Shore dev. idx
2,39
Residence time
267days
Elevation
4 049m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.