HydroLAKES lake · #184563
Bridle Drift Dam
Surface area
6,76km²
Avg depth
10,9m
Volume
73,5km³
Shoreline
37,8km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Buffalo CityEastern Cape · South Africa6.75 km²100.0% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Bridle Drift Dam Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
2.94 km² overlap
Fort Pato Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
87 distinct species · 196 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Bridle Drift Dam : 37 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 42 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 5.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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
6,76km²
Avg depth
10,9m
Volume
73,500km³
Watershed
1 185km²
Shoreline
37,8km
Shore dev. idx
4,10
Residence time
118days
Elevation
158m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.