HydroLAKES lake · #9948
Lac de Petit Saut
Surface area
41,57km²
Avg depth
84,2m
Volume
3 500km³
Shoreline
305,8km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Saint-ElieCayenne · French Guiana32.87 km²79.4% of lake
- SinnamaryCayenne · French Guiana8.52 km²20.6% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
91 distinct species · 161 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Lac de Petit Saut : 38 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 34 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 4.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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
41,57km²
Avg depth
84,2m
Volume
3 500,000km³
Watershed
5 905km²
Shoreline
305,8km
Shore dev. idx
13,38
Residence time
129days
Elevation
33m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.