HydroLAKES lake · #184553
Laing Dam
Surface area
1,74km²
Avg depth
12m
Volume
21km³
Shoreline
15,4km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Buffalo CityEastern Cape · South Africa1.74 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
238 distinct species · 2 128 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Laing Dam : 32 espèces reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 4.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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
1,74km²
Avg depth
12,0m
Volume
21,000km³
Watershed
919km²
Shoreline
15,4km
Shore dev. idx
3,28
Residence time
43days
Elevation
311m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.