HydroLAKES lake · #1468
Qarun
Surface area
233,84km²
Avg depth
4m
Volume
933,7km³
Shoreline
151,5km
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Unorganized in Al FayoumAl Fayyum · Egypt220.18 km²94.3% of lake
- Yusuf as-SidiqAl Fayyum · Egypt7.99 km²3.4% of lake
- SinnurisAl Fayyum · Egypt3.57 km²1.5% of lake
- IbshawayAl Fayyum · Egypt1.81 km²0.8% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Lake Qarun Protected Area
IUCN IaWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
233.56 km² overlap
Qarun
IUCN VIMultiple Use Management Area
233.35 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
217 distinct species · 1 219 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Qarun : 19 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 45 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 13.8%, 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
233,84km²
Avg depth
4,0m
Volume
933,700km³
Watershed
4 254km²
Shoreline
151,5km
Shore dev. idx
2,79
Residence time
63 945days
Elevation
-47m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.