HydroLAKES lake · #182959
Nzhelele
Surface area
5,24km²
Avg depth
10,9m
Volume
57,4km³
Shoreline
27,4km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- VhembeLimpopo · South Africa5.23 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Nzhelele Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.04 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
51 distinct species · 81 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 17 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 Nzhelele : 17 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 12 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 8.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
5,24km²
Avg depth
10,9m
Volume
57,400km³
Watershed
829km²
Shoreline
27,4km
Shore dev. idx
3,38
Residence time
138days
Elevation
627m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.