HydroLAKES lake · #69
Okeechobee
Surface area
1 418,77km²
Avg depth
4m
Volume
5 669,1km³
Shoreline
341,9km
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Palm BeachFlorida · United States594.29 km²42.0% of lake
- OkeechobeeFlorida · United States280.48 km²19.8% of lake
- MartinFlorida · United States246.61 km²17.4% of lake
- GladesFlorida · United States232.50 km²16.4% of lake
- HendryFlorida · United States62.45 km²4.4% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Audubon Society Sanctuary or Preserve
8.91 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 759 distinct species · 109 799 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 Okeechobee : 27 espèces reliées par 77 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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
1 418,77km²
Avg depth
4,0m
Volume
5 669,100km³
Watershed
14 062km²
Shoreline
341,9km
Shore dev. idx
2,56
Residence time
535days
Elevation
3m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.