Ontologia

HydroLAKES lake · #141

Van

Natural lakeTurkeyAsia 1645 m

Surface area

3 568,73km²

Avg depth

170,1m

Volume

607 000km³

Shoreline

592,1km

Administrative coverage

Parent watershed

hybas-20806733203125 km² · upstream 3125 km²

8 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

  • Tatvan
    Bitlis · Turkey
    1068.94 km²
    29.9% of lake
  • Adilcevaz
    Bitlis · Turkey
    675.37 km²
    18.9% of lake
  • Merkez
    Van · Turkey
    631.17 km²
    17.7% of lake
  • Edremit
    Van · Turkey
    503.09 km²
    14.1% of lake
  • Gevaş
    Van · Turkey
    413.46 km²
    11.6% of lake
  • Erciş
    Van · Turkey
    234.42 km²
    6.6% of lake

Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

551 distinct species · 12 868 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

12 868 obs · 52 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 3 377
742–3 376
61–741
22–60
< 22

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 25 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Van : 19 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 53 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 17.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
25
Interactions affichées
53
Connectance
0.177
Patrimoniales
2
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)

Surface

3 568,73km²

Avg depth

170,1m

Volume

607 000,000km³

Watershed

17 046km²

Shoreline

592,1km

Shore dev. idx

2,80

Residence time

109 116days

Elevation

1 645m

HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.