HydroLAKES lake · #829
Salton
Surface area
956,86km²
Avg depth
8,9m
Volume
8 560km³
Shoreline
201,9km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
2 intersecting protected areas
Sonny Bono Salton Sea
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
191.51 km² overlap
Imperial
IUCN VWildlife Area
1.70 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
940 distinct species · 381 846 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 Salton : 16 espèces reliées par 58 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 15.3%, 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
956,86km²
Avg depth
8,9m
Volume
8 560,000km³
Watershed
20 051km²
Shoreline
201,9km
Shore dev. idx
1,84
Residence time
3 888days
Elevation
-71m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.