HydroLAKES lake · #1125
Pyhajarvi
Surface area
245,34km²
Avg depth
18,9m
Volume
4 641,11km³
Shoreline
312,7km
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- North KareliaEastern Finland · Finland143.35 km²58.1% of lake
- South KareliaSouthern Finland · Finland54.23 km²22.0% of lake
- Sortaval' gorsovetKarelia · Russia33.59 km²13.6% of lake
- Lakhdenpokhskiy rayonKarelia · Russia15.63 km²6.3% of lake
25 intersecting protected areas
Pyhäjärven alueen luontokokonaisuus
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
171.61 km² overlap
State Nature Reserve
1.26 km² overlap
PETÄJÄSAAREN SUOJELUALUE
IUCN VPrivate Nature Reserve
0.17 km² overlap
Pyhäjärven tikkametsät
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.13 km² overlap
Metsälain erityisen tärkeät elinympäristöt Pohjois-Karjala
IUCN Not AssignedForest habitats of special importance according to the Forest Act (OECM)
0.07 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
Metsätalouden ympäristötukikohteet Pohjois-Karjala
IUCN Not AssignedForestry environmental aid contracts (OECM)
0.04 km² overlap
Konnunmäki
IUCN Not AssignedSite of Species Under Strict Protection
0.04 km² overlap
16 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Private Nature Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Mäkelän luonnonsuojelualue 2
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Makonniemi
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.00 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Private Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 357 distinct species · 46 205 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Pyhajarvi : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 98 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 17.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
245,34km²
Avg depth
18,9m
Volume
4 641,110km³
Watershed
1 204km²
Shoreline
312,7km
Shore dev. idx
5,63
Residence time
5 317days
Elevation
62m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.