HydroLAKES lake · #179912
Nayaru Lagoon
Natural lakeSri LankaAsia 2 m
Surface area
4,56km²
Avg depth
2,1m
Volume
9,36km³
Shoreline
11,4km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MaritimepattuMullaitivu · Sri Lanka4.54 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Nayaru NR
IUCN IbNature Reserve
4.18 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
4,56km²
Avg depth
2,1m
Volume
9,360km³
Watershed
288km²
Shoreline
11,4km
Shore dev. idx
1,50
Residence time
27days
Elevation
2m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.