HydroLAKES lake · #179901
Iyankan kulam
Natural lakeSri LankaAsia 48 m
Surface area
1,89km²
Avg depth
1,7m
Volume
3,28km³
Shoreline
6km
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Manthai EastMullaitivu · Sri Lanka1.50 km²79.9% of lake
- ThunukkaiMullaitivu · Sri Lanka0.27 km²14.4% of lake
- OddusuddanMullaitivu · Sri Lanka0.11 km²5.7% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Thunukkai
IUCN IbReserved Forest
1.30 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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
1,89km²
Avg depth
1,7m
Volume
3,280km³
Watershed
27km²
Shoreline
6,0km
Shore dev. idx
1,24
Residence time
135days
Elevation
48m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.