HydroLAKES lake · #174010
Ga’raet el Melha
Surface area
8,49km²
Avg depth
5,8m
Volume
48,92km³
Shoreline
13,4km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- El KalaEl Tarf · Algeria8.50 km²100.0% of lake
3 intersecting protected areas
El Kala
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
8.50 km² overlap
Réserve Intégrale du Lac Mellah
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
8.50 km² overlap
El Kala
IUCN IINational Park
8.50 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
125 distinct species · 219 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Ga’raet el Melha : 29 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 52 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 7.8%, 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
8,49km²
Avg depth
5,8m
Volume
48,920km³
Watershed
84km²
Shoreline
13,4km
Shore dev. idx
1,29
Residence time
732days
Elevation
-3m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.