HydroLAKES lake · #180688
Katwe Crater Lake
Surface area
1,69km²
Avg depth
4,9m
Volume
8,24km³
Shoreline
5,9km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- BusongoraKasese · Uganda1.68 km²100.0% of lake
3 intersecting protected areas
Queen Elizabeth National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1.68 km² overlap
Kazinga
IUCN VIWildlife Sanctuary
1.68 km² overlap
Queen Elizabeth
IUCN IINational Park
1.68 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
350 distinct species · 3 549 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Katwe Crater Lake : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.3%, 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
1,69km²
Avg depth
4,9m
Volume
8,240km³
Watershed
37km²
Shoreline
5,9km
Shore dev. idx
1,28
Residence time
519days
Elevation
881m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.