HydroLAKES lake · #9308
Lake Gaston
Surface area
68,84km²
Avg depth
9,2m
Volume
632,8km³
Shoreline
286,3km
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- WarrenNorth Carolina · United States30.34 km²44.1% of lake
- MecklenburgVirginia · United States17.55 km²25.5% of lake
- NorthamptonNorth Carolina · United States9.54 km²13.9% of lake
- HalifaxNorth Carolina · United States7.58 km²11.0% of lake
- BrunswickVirginia · United States3.84 km²5.6% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Dick Cross
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
565 distinct species · 73 353 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Lake Gaston : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 78 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
68,84km²
Avg depth
9,2m
Volume
632,800km³
Watershed
21 810km²
Shoreline
286,3km
Shore dev. idx
9,73
Residence time
26days
Elevation
62m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.