HydroLAKES lake · #183392
Loch Vaal
Surface area
1,11km²
Avg depth
51m
Volume
56,7km³
Shoreline
9km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- SedibengGauteng · South Africa1.11 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
270 distinct species · 4 881 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Loch Vaal : 32 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.6%, 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
1,11km²
Avg depth
51,0m
Volume
56,700km³
Watershed
1 129km²
Shoreline
9,0km
Shore dev. idx
2,42
Residence time
713days
Elevation
1 424m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.