HydroLAKES lake · #98
Paijanne
Surface area
1 270,47km²
Avg depth
14m
Volume
17 800km³
Shoreline
2 249,1km
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Central FinlandWestern Finland · Finland808.71 km²63.3% of lake
- Päijänne TavastiaWestern Finland · Finland268.93 km²21.0% of lake
- Päijänne TavastiaEastern Finland · Finland200.39 km²15.7% of lake
30 intersecting protected areas
Päijänne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
95.54 km² overlap
Edessalo-Haukkasalo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
18.43 km² overlap
Edessalo-Haukkasalo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
18.43 km² overlap
Onkisalo-Herjaanselkä
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
15.97 km² overlap
Onkisalo-Herjaanselkä
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
15.97 km² overlap
Päijänteen kansallispuisto
IUCN IINational Park
3.42 km² overlap
Vanginvesi
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.81 km² overlap
Konnevesi-Kalaja-Niinivuori
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.19 km² overlap
Konnevesi-Kalaja-Niinivuori
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.19 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Putkilahti
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.18 km² overlap
Putkilahti
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.18 km² overlap
Vaarunvuoret
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.80 km² overlap
Vaarunvuoret
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.80 km² overlap
Polttimon luonnonsuojelualue
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.75 km² overlap
Vanhanselkä-Ruppavuori
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.74 km² overlap
Vanhanselkä-Ruppavuori
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.74 km² overlap
Vatianjärven - Saraaveden alue
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.63 km² overlap
Sysmän lintuvedet
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.58 km² overlap
Sysmän lintuvedet
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.58 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.46 km² overlap
Humalalahti - Pitkäjoen suu
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.42 km² overlap
Humalalahti - Pitkäjoen suu
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.42 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.29 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.24 km² overlap
Rominoja
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.22 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.21 km² overlap
Palstonvuori-Jääskelä
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.20 km² overlap
Metsätalouden ympäristötukikohteet Keski-Suomi
IUCN Not AssignedForestry environmental aid contracts (OECM)
0.19 km² overlap
Metsälain erityisen tärkeät elinympäristöt Keski-Suomi
IUCN Not AssignedForest habitats of special importance according to the Forest Act (OECM)
0.15 km² overlap
Aurinkovuori
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.14 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 863 distinct species · 107 486 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Paijanne : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 94 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 13.4%, 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
1 270,47km²
Avg depth
14,0m
Volume
17 800,000km³
Watershed
21 979km²
Shoreline
2 249,1km
Shore dev. idx
17,80
Residence time
1 065days
Elevation
65m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.