HydroLAKES lake · #9816
Embalse Cerrón Grande
Surface area
92,97km²
Avg depth
23,4m
Volume
2 180km³
Shoreline
196,2km
Administrative coverage
13 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Embalse Cerron GrandeChalatenango · El Salvador82.12 km²88.7% of lake
- El ParaísoChalatenango · El Salvador2.62 km²2.8% of lake
- SuchitotoCuscatlán · El Salvador2.25 km²2.4% of lake
- San Luis del CarmenChalatenango · El Salvador2.02 km²2.2% of lake
- TejutlaChalatenango · El Salvador1.01 km²1.1% of lake
- PotonicoChalatenango · El Salvador0.93 km²1.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Embalse Cerrón Grande
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
92.62 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
302 distinct species · 7 836 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Embalse Cerrón Grande : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 4 bulles famille, 18 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 4.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 4 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
92,97km²
Avg depth
23,4m
Volume
2 180,000km³
Watershed
8 392km²
Shoreline
196,2km
Shore dev. idx
5,74
Residence time
131days
Elevation
237m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.