HydroLAKES lake · #183458
Mthikeni
Surface area
3,6km²
Avg depth
1,4m
Volume
5,06km³
Shoreline
20,5km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- UmkhanyakudeKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa3.59 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
145 distinct species · 291 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 Mthikeni : 18 espèces reliées par 21 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 7.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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
3,60km²
Avg depth
1,4m
Volume
5,060km³
Watershed
8 760km²
Shoreline
20,5km
Shore dev. idx
3,05
Residence time
1days
Elevation
43m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.