HydroLAKES lake · #9554
Lake Palourde
Surface area
41,87km²
Avg depth
4,8m
Volume
202,44km³
Shoreline
26,2km
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Saint MartinLouisiana · United States21.53 km²51.5% of lake
- Saint MaryLouisiana · United States18.49 km²44.2% of lake
- AssumptionLouisiana · United States1.80 km²4.3% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
445 distinct species · 22 310 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Lake Palourde : 29 espèces reliées par 83 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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
41,87km²
Avg depth
4,8m
Volume
202,440km³
Watershed
2 268km²
Shoreline
26,2km
Shore dev. idx
1,14
Residence time
48days
Elevation
1m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.