HydroLAKES lake · #183245
Sand River Reservoir
Surface area
6,11km²
Avg depth
8,2m
Volume
50,3km³
Shoreline
17,4km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MhlumeLubombo · Swaziland6.10 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Sand River Dam
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
6.10 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
311 distinct species · 1 118 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Sand River Reservoir : 30 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 25 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.5%, 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
6,11km²
Avg depth
8,2m
Volume
50,300km³
Watershed
86km²
Shoreline
17,4km
Shore dev. idx
1,98
Residence time
1 376days
Elevation
296m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.