HydroLAKES lake · #184692
Churchill Dam
Surface area
1,23km²
Avg depth
27,1m
Volume
33,3km³
Shoreline
7,3km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- CacaduEastern Cape · South Africa1.23 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
137 distinct species · 385 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Churchill Dam : 28 espèces reliées par 38 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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
1,23km²
Avg depth
27,1m
Volume
33,300km³
Watershed
371km²
Shoreline
7,3km
Shore dev. idx
1,85
Residence time
356days
Elevation
146m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.