HydroLAKES lake · #865
Peten Itza
Surface area
105,38km²
Avg depth
32,2m
Volume
3 391,38km³
Shoreline
102km
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- FloresPetén · Guatemala62.01 km²59.0% of lake
- San JoséPetén · Guatemala36.22 km²34.5% of lake
- San AndrésPetén · Guatemala3.58 km²3.4% of lake
- San BenitoPetén · Guatemala3.22 km²3.1% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Maya
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
60.96 km² overlap
Cerro Cahuí
IUCN IIProtected Biotope
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
915 distinct species · 21 472 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 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 Peten Itza : 16 espèces reliées par 22 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 8.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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
105,38km²
Avg depth
32,2m
Volume
3 391,380km³
Watershed
1 111km²
Shoreline
102,0km
Shore dev. idx
2,80
Residence time
2 946days
Elevation
110m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.