HydroLAKES lake · #180391
Muruthawela Wewa
Surface area
3,39km²
Avg depth
8,2m
Volume
27,96km³
Shoreline
12,9km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- KatuwanaHambantota · Sri Lanka2.82 km²83.7% of lake
- WeeraketiyaHambantota · Sri Lanka0.55 km²16.3% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Mahakaruwalagoda
IUCN IbReserved Forest
0.29 km² overlap
Mapitakanda
IUCN IbReserved Forest
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
101 distinct species · 145 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Muruthawela Wewa : 26 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 42 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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
3,39km²
Avg depth
8,2m
Volume
27,960km³
Watershed
86km²
Shoreline
12,9km
Shore dev. idx
1,98
Residence time
101days
Elevation
87m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.