HydroLAKES lake · #184720
Steenbrasdam
Surface area
2,45km²
Avg depth
14,7m
Volume
36,1km³
Shoreline
15,7km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- City of Cape TownWestern Cape · South Africa2.45 km²100.0% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Hottentots-Holland Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
2.45 km² overlap
Steenbras Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
2.45 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 125 distinct species · 6 945 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 Steenbrasdam : 38 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 41 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 3.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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
2,45km²
Avg depth
14,7m
Volume
36,100km³
Watershed
64km²
Shoreline
15,7km
Shore dev. idx
2,83
Residence time
431days
Elevation
342m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.