HydroLAKES lake · #792
Tahoe
Surface area
495,62km²
Avg depth
282,5m
Volume
140 000km³
Shoreline
115,9km
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- PlacerCalifornia · United States203.50 km²41.0% of lake
- El DoradoCalifornia · United States143.82 km²29.0% of lake
- DouglasNevada · United States63.91 km²12.9% of lake
- WashoeNevada · United States53.77 km²10.8% of lake
- Carson CityNevada · United States31.04 km²6.3% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 120 distinct species · 56 730 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 Tahoe : 29 espèces reliées par 77 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 8.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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
495,62km²
Avg depth
282,5m
Volume
140 000,000km³
Watershed
1 299km²
Shoreline
115,9km
Shore dev. idx
1,47
Residence time
85 957days
Elevation
1 898m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.