HydroLAKES lake · #136
Issyk Kul
Surface area
6 195,93km²
Avg depth
280,5m
Volume
1 738 000km³
Shoreline
608,8km
Administrative coverage
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Ysyk-Köl (lake)Ysyk-Köl · Kyrgyzstan6176.79 km²99.5% of lake
- Ysyk-KölYsyk-Köl · Kyrgyzstan17.16 km²0.3% of lake
- TüpYsyk-Köl · Kyrgyzstan4.83 km²0.1% of lake
- Djety-OguzYsyk-Köl · Kyrgyzstan4.56 km²0.1% of lake
- TonYsyk-Köl · Kyrgyzstan2.66 km²0.0% of lake
- Ak-SuuYsyk-Köl · Kyrgyzstan0.05 km²0.0% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Isyk-Kul State Reserve with the Lake Isyk-Kul
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
6057.99 km² overlap
State nature reserve
154.63 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
646 distinct species · 10 770 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Issyk Kul : 25 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 59 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.7%, 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
6 195,93km²
Avg depth
280,5m
Volume
1 738 000,000km³
Watershed
21 917km²
Shoreline
608,8km
Shore dev. idx
2,18
Residence time
276 779days
Elevation
1 601m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.