HydroLAKES lake · #13036
Ness
Surface area
51,56km²
Avg depth
61,9m
Volume
3 190,2km³
Shoreline
79,2km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- HighlandScotland · United Kingdom51.82 km²100.0% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Urquhart Bay Wood
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.00 km² overlap
Urquhart Bay Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 121 distinct species · 20 183 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Ness : 21 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 103 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 14.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 17 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
51,56km²
Avg depth
61,9m
Volume
3 190,200km³
Watershed
1 770km²
Shoreline
79,2km
Shore dev. idx
3,11
Residence time
565days
Elevation
15m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.