HydroLAKES lake · #184676
Wemmershoekdam
Surface area
2,39km²
Avg depth
24,6m
Volume
58,8km³
Shoreline
10,2km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Cape WinelandsWestern Cape · South Africa2.39 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Hawequas Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
2.39 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
349 distinct species · 1 045 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 14 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 Wemmershoekdam : 12 espèces reliées par 10 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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
2,39km²
Avg depth
24,6m
Volume
58,800km³
Watershed
93km²
Shoreline
10,2km
Shore dev. idx
1,85
Residence time
613days
Elevation
294m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.