HydroLAKES lake · #82
Itaipu
Surface area
1 156,44km²
Avg depth
25,1m
Volume
29 000km³
Shoreline
2 170,4km
Administrative coverage
17 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- HernandariasAlto Paraná · Paraguay176.85 km²15.3% of lake
- Santa HelenaParaná · Brazil175.59 km²15.2% of lake
- Foz do IguaçuParaná · Brazil145.30 km²12.6% of lake
- ItaipulândiaParaná · Brazil134.83 km²11.7% of lake
- San AlbertoAlto Paraná · Paraguay111.01 km²9.6% of lake
- Salto del GuairáCanindeyú · Paraguay99.30 km²8.6% of lake
9 intersecting protected areas
Reserva de la Biosfera Itaipu
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
547.64 km² overlap
Limoy
IUCN IVNatural Reserve
72.10 km² overlap
Itabo
IUCN IVNatural Reserve
30.73 km² overlap
Yvyty rokái
IUCN IVNatural Reserve
23.36 km² overlap
Pozuelo
IUCN IVNatural Reserve
20.67 km² overlap
Pikyry
IUCN IVNatural Reserve
13.95 km² overlap
Tati Yupi
IUCN IVNatural Reserve
13.25 km² overlap
Carapa
IUCN IVNatural Reserve
1.91 km² overlap
Avá-Guarani do Ocoí
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
926 distinct species · 7 513 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Itaipu : 31 espèces + 2 bulles famille, 28 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 5.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 2 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
1 156,44km²
Avg depth
25,1m
Volume
29 000,000km³
Watershed
824 129km²
Shoreline
2 170,4km
Shore dev. idx
18,00
Residence time
34days
Elevation
217m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.