HydroLAKES lake · #183967
Knellpoort Dam
Surface area
6,15km²
Avg depth
22,3m
Volume
136,9km³
Shoreline
17,1km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- XhariepFree State · South Africa6.15 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
195 distinct species · 1 867 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Knellpoort Dam : 27 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 25 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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
6,15km²
Avg depth
22,3m
Volume
136,900km³
Watershed
781km²
Shoreline
17,1km
Shore dev. idx
1,94
Residence time
5 178days
Elevation
1 446m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.