HydroLAKES lake · #847
Lake Salvador
Surface area
386,46km²
Avg depth
1m
Volume
389,81km³
Shoreline
616,6km
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- JeffersonLouisiana · United States151.72 km²39.3% of lake
- Saint CharlesLouisiana · United States148.67 km²38.5% of lake
- LafourcheLouisiana · United States78.45 km²20.3% of lake
- PlaqueminesLouisiana · United States7.17 km²1.9% of lake
3 intersecting protected areas
Marine Protected Area
3.08 km² overlap
National Historical Park
1.73 km² overlap
Bayou Des Allemands
IUCN VState Wild or Scenic River
0.07 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
311 distinct species · 2 220 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Salvador : 28 espèces reliées par 99 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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
386,46km²
Avg depth
1,0m
Volume
389,810km³
Watershed
2 090km²
Shoreline
616,6km
Shore dev. idx
8,85
Residence time
91days
Elevation
0m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.