HydroLAKES lake · #1663
St. Lucia
Surface area
321,88km²
Avg depth
16,3m
Volume
5 245,92km³
Shoreline
277km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- UmkhanyakudeKwaZulu-Natal · South Africa321.39 km²100.0% of lake
5 intersecting protected areas
iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
319.56 km² overlap
St. Lucia System
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
319.56 km² overlap
St. Lucia Game Park
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
317.79 km² overlap
St. Lucia Park
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
2.37 km² overlap
False Bay Park
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.11 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 583 distinct species · 62 938 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 13 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 St. Lucia : 10 espèces reliées par 11 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 14.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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
321,88km²
Avg depth
16,3m
Volume
5 245,920km³
Watershed
9 152km²
Shoreline
277,0km
Shore dev. idx
4,36
Residence time
1 499days
Elevation
2m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.