HydroLAKES lake · #184693
Swartvlei
Surface area
6,84km²
Avg depth
11,1m
Volume
75,77km³
Shoreline
16,7km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- EdenWestern Cape · South Africa6.83 km²100.0% of lake
4 intersecting protected areas
Wilderness National Lake Area
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Environment
6.83 km² overlap
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
6.83 km² overlap
Garden Route National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
6.82 km² overlap
Wilderness Lakes
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 180 distinct species · 11 338 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 Swartvlei : 35 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 38 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 4.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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
6,84km²
Avg depth
11,1m
Volume
75,770km³
Watershed
403km²
Shoreline
16,7km
Shore dev. idx
1,81
Residence time
656days
Elevation
-1m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.