HydroLAKES lake · #9869
Embalse El Pao
Surface area
40,51km²
Avg depth
7,8m
Volume
314,92km³
Shoreline
85,9km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- TinacoCojedes · Venezuela29.71 km²73.6% of lake
- Pao de San Juan BautistaCojedes · Venezuela10.63 km²26.4% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Protective Zone (ZP)
40.34 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
94 distinct species · 192 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 El Pao : 22 espèces reliées par 33 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.1%, 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
40,51km²
Avg depth
7,8m
Volume
314,920km³
Watershed
2 730km²
Shoreline
85,9km
Shore dev. idx
3,81
Residence time
105days
Elevation
132m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.