HydroLAKES lake · #9871
Lago de Maracaibo
Natural lakeVenezuelaSouth America 0 m
Surface area
18,7km²
Avg depth
3,3m
Volume
62,61km³
Shoreline
32,3km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- CatatumboZulia · Venezuela18.63 km²100.0% of lake
3 intersecting protected areas
Ciénagas de Juan Manuel
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
18.63 km² overlap
Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VICritical Area with Treatment Priority (ACPT)
18.16 km² overlap
Wildlife Reserve (REFA)
0.27 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
18,70km²
Avg depth
3,3m
Volume
62,610km³
Watershed
59km²
Shoreline
32,3km
Shore dev. idx
2,11
Residence time
1 294days
Elevation
0m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.