HydroLAKES lake · #183160
Vaalkopdam
Surface area
9,66km²
Avg depth
6m
Volume
58,3km³
Shoreline
39,2km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- BojanalaNorth West · South Africa9.64 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Vaalkopdam Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
4.34 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
483 distinct species · 3 821 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 24 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 Vaalkopdam : 21 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 19 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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
6,0m
Volume
58,300km³
Watershed
4 548km²
Shoreline
39,2km
Shore dev. idx
3,56
Residence time
334days
Elevation
985m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.