HydroLAKES lake · #809
Mead
Surface area
580,95km²
Avg depth
63,2m
Volume
36 700km³
Shoreline
758,8km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- ClarkNevada · United States366.30 km²63.0% of lake
- MohaveArizona · United States214.76 km²37.0% of lake
5 intersecting protected areas
Lake Mead
IUCN VNational Recreation Area
577.46 km² overlap
Grand Canyon National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1.70 km² overlap
Grand Canyon
IUCN IINational Park
0.08 km² overlap
Recommended Wilderness
0.07 km² overlap
Pinto Valley
IUCN IbWilderness Area
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
910 distinct species · 94 090 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Mead : 22 espèces reliées par 74 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 14.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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
580,95km²
Avg depth
63,2m
Volume
36 700,000km³
Watershed
424 018km²
Shoreline
758,8km
Shore dev. idx
8,88
Residence time
724days
Elevation
372m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.