HydroLAKES lake · #179968
Pavat Kulam
Natural lakeSri LankaAsia 73 m
Surface area
8,58km²
Avg depth
2,6m
Volume
22,12km³
Shoreline
27,5km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- VavuniyaVavuniya · Sri Lanka7.82 km²91.5% of lake
- MedawachchiyaAnuradhapura · Sri Lanka0.72 km²8.5% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 6 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
8,58km²
Avg depth
2,6m
Volume
22,120km³
Watershed
233km²
Shoreline
27,5km
Shore dev. idx
2,65
Residence time
90days
Elevation
73m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.