HydroLAKES lake · #1565
Shala
Surface area
307,79km²
Avg depth
79,6m
Volume
24 509,55km³
Shoreline
110,7km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Mirab ArsiOromia · Ethiopia301.27 km²98.3% of lake
- AlabaSouthern Nations, Nationalities · Ethiopia5.22 km²1.7% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Abijatta-Shalla
IUCN IINational Park
306.49 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
121 distinct species · 234 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Shala : 36 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 32 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 3.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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
307,79km²
Avg depth
79,6m
Volume
24 509,550km³
Watershed
4 156km²
Shoreline
110,7km
Shore dev. idx
1,78
Residence time
7 720days
Elevation
1 557m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.