HydroLAKES lake · #184625
Verkeerdevlei Dam
Surface area
1,67km²
Avg depth
3,3m
Volume
5,5km³
Shoreline
9,8km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Cape WinelandsWestern Cape · South Africa1.67 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
583 distinct species · 3 269 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 46 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 Verkeerdevlei Dam : 37 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 44 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 3.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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
1,67km²
Avg depth
3,3m
Volume
5,500km³
Watershed
266km²
Shoreline
9,8km
Shore dev. idx
2,14
Residence time
134days
Elevation
805m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.