HydroLAKES lake · #180008
Maha Wilachchiya Wewa
Surface area
9,66km²
Avg depth
2,8m
Volume
27,31km³
Shoreline
20,1km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Maha VilachchiyaAnuradhapura · Sri Lanka9.62 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
121 distinct species · 330 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Maha Wilachchiya Wewa : 27 espèces dont 7 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 24 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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
9,66km²
Avg depth
2,8m
Volume
27,310km³
Watershed
398km²
Shoreline
20,1km
Shore dev. idx
1,83
Residence time
63days
Elevation
55m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.