HydroLAKES lake · #13
Large Aral Sea
Surface area
23 865,91km²
Avg depth
1,1m
Volume
26 800km³
Shoreline
1 887,2km
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Aral SeaQaraqalpaqstan · Uzbekistan13023.28 km²54.4% of lake
- Aral`skiyQyzylorda · Kazakhstan9566.40 km²40.0% of lake
- ShalkarskiyAqtöbe · Kazakhstan1251.21 km²5.2% of lake
- Mo'ynoqQaraqalpaqstan · Uzbekistan78.18 km²0.3% of lake
- Qo'ng'irotQaraqalpaqstan · Uzbekistan0.00 km²0.0% of lake
5 intersecting protected areas
Aralkum National Nature park
IUCN IINational Natural Park
5009.63 km² overlap
State Wildlife Sanctuary (with formation of a legal entity)
261.95 km² overlap
Cold Winter Deserts of Turan
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
81.21 km² overlap
Complex (landscape) Wildlife Sanctuary
48.66 km² overlap
State Nature Reserve
0.53 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
112 distinct species · 311 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 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 Large Aral Sea : 19 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 27 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 9.8%, 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
23 865,91km²
Avg depth
1,1m
Volume
26 800,000km³
Watershed
622 507km²
Shoreline
1 887,2km
Shore dev. idx
3,45
Residence time
192days
Elevation
29m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.