HydroLAKES lake · #72
Nicaragua
Surface area
7 833,32km²
Avg depth
13,3m
Volume
104 000km³
Shoreline
812,2km
Administrative coverage
13 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lago de NicaraguaLago Nicaragua · Nicaragua7274.70 km²93.2% of lake
- San CarlosRío San Juan · Nicaragua87.10 km²1.1% of lake
- AcoyapaChontales · Nicaragua70.29 km²0.9% of lake
- GranadaGranada · Nicaragua70.09 km²0.9% of lake
- San MiguelitoRío San Juan · Nicaragua51.94 km²0.7% of lake
- MorritoRío San Juan · Nicaragua49.99 km²0.6% of lake
12 intersecting protected areas
Reserva de Biosfera Río San Juan Nicaragua
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1787.51 km² overlap
Reserva de Biosfera Isla de Ometepe
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
242.59 km² overlap
Archipiélago de Solentiname
IUCN IIINational Monument
143.56 km² overlap
Archipiélago de Zapatera
IUCN IINational Park
68.05 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
50.80 km² overlap
Los Guatuzos
IUCN IVWildlife Refuge
2.18 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
2.18 km² overlap
Laguna de Tisma
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.86 km² overlap
Sistema Lagunar de Tisma
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.86 km² overlap
3 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Nature Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Humedal Istiam Peña Inculca
IUCN IVWildlife Refuge
0.01 km² overlap
Volcán Concepción
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 626 distinct species · 23 899 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 Nicaragua : 32 espèces reliées par 46 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 5.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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
7 833,32km²
Avg depth
13,3m
Volume
104 000,000km³
Watershed
25 625km²
Shoreline
812,2km
Shore dev. idx
2,59
Residence time
4 935days
Elevation
31m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.