HydroLAKES lake · #15866
Lake Parakrama
Surface area
23,29km²
Avg depth
5,5m
Volume
127,3km³
Shoreline
48,3km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- ThamankaduwaPolonnaruwa · Sri Lanka23.19 km²100.0% of lake
3 intersecting protected areas
Polonnaruwa
IUCN IVSanctuary
4.93 km² overlap
Minneriya-Giritale Section I
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.18 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
0.10 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
418 distinct species · 3 520 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 Parakrama : 21 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 22 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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
23,29km²
Avg depth
5,5m
Volume
127,300km³
Watershed
1 535km²
Shoreline
48,3km
Shore dev. idx
2,83
Residence time
41days
Elevation
58m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.