HydroLAKES lake · #183503
Bivane Dam
Surface area
5,43km²
Avg depth
21,2m
Volume
115km³
Shoreline
27,1km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- ZululandKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa5.42 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
596 distinct species · 1 852 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Bivane Dam : 32 espèces reliées par 61 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 7.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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
5,43km²
Avg depth
21,2m
Volume
115,000km³
Watershed
1 614km²
Shoreline
27,1km
Shore dev. idx
3,28
Residence time
118days
Elevation
745m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.