HydroLAKES lake · #14769
Ichkeul
Surface area
87,17km²
Avg depth
18,2m
Volume
1 584,95km³
Shoreline
53,3km
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake IchkeulBizerte · Tunisia63.55 km²72.9% of lake
- GhazalaBizerte · Tunisia11.83 km²13.6% of lake
- TinjaBizerte · Tunisia10.12 km²11.6% of lake
- MateurBizerte · Tunisia1.01 km²1.2% of lake
- Bizerte SudBizerte · Tunisia0.69 km²0.8% of lake
5 intersecting protected areas
Ichkeul
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
87.03 km² overlap
Ichkeul
IUCN Not ReportedWetland Zone of National Importance
87.03 km² overlap
Ichkeul
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
87.03 km² overlap
Ichkeul
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
87.03 km² overlap
Ichkeul National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
83.05 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
270 distinct species · 4 098 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Ichkeul : 20 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 41 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 12.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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
87,17km²
Avg depth
18,2m
Volume
1 584,950km³
Watershed
2 212km²
Shoreline
53,3km
Shore dev. idx
1,61
Residence time
1 031days
Elevation
-6m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.