HydroLAKES lake · #183581
Klipfontein Dam
Surface area
2,45km²
Avg depth
7,8m
Volume
19km³
Shoreline
15km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- ZululandKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa2.44 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
409 distinct species · 14 195 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 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 Klipfontein Dam : 19 espèces reliées par 14 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
2,45km²
Avg depth
7,8m
Volume
19,000km³
Watershed
340km²
Shoreline
15,0km
Shore dev. idx
2,71
Residence time
102days
Elevation
1 093m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.