HydroLAKES lake · #867
Izabal
Surface area
670,4km²
Avg depth
12,4m
Volume
8 300km³
Shoreline
184,1km
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- ?Izabal · Guatemala644.58 km²96.5% of lake
- El EstorIzabal · Guatemala16.01 km²2.4% of lake
- LivingstonIzabal · Guatemala6.10 km²0.9% of lake
- Los AmatesIzabal · Guatemala1.35 km²0.2% of lake
- San LuisIzabal · Guatemala0.00 km²0.0% of lake
4 intersecting protected areas
Bocas del Polochic
IUCN IIIWildlife Refuge
81.52 km² overlap
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Bocas del Polochic
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
52.81 km² overlap
Río Dulce
IUCN IINational Park
1.25 km² overlap
Finca Setal
IUCN VPrivate Natural Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
974 distinct species · 9 504 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 Izabal : 20 espèces reliées par 30 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 7.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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
670,40km²
Avg depth
12,4m
Volume
8 300,000km³
Watershed
7 650km²
Shoreline
184,1km
Shore dev. idx
2,01
Residence time
303days
Elevation
2m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.