HydroLAKES lake · #9721
Laguna Metztitlán
Surface area
11,2km²
Avg depth
47,4m
Volume
530,63km³
Shoreline
25,1km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MetztitlánHidalgo · México10.37 km²92.8% of lake
- EloxochitlánHidalgo · México0.80 km²7.2% of lake
3 intersecting protected areas
Barranca de Metztitlán
IUCN IaBiosphere Reserve
11.17 km² overlap
Barranca de Metztitlán
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
11.17 km² overlap
Laguna de Metztitlán
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
10.32 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
57 distinct species · 184 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 18 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 Laguna Metztitlán : 15 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 17 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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
11,20km²
Avg depth
47,4m
Volume
530,630km³
Watershed
2 839km²
Shoreline
25,1km
Shore dev. idx
2,12
Residence time
88days
Elevation
1 254m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.