HydroLAKES lake · #9317
Watauga Lake
Surface area
21,41km²
Avg depth
39m
Volume
835,1km³
Shoreline
91,1km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- CarterTennessee · United States12.98 km²60.6% of lake
- JohnsonTennessee · United States8.44 km²39.4% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Wildlife Management Area
0.11 km² overlap
Big Laurel Branch
IUCN IbWilderness
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
236 distinct species · 2 016 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 46 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 Watauga Lake : 35 espèces reliées par 86 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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
21,41km²
Avg depth
39,0m
Volume
835,100km³
Watershed
1 232km²
Shoreline
91,1km
Shore dev. idx
5,55
Residence time
363days
Elevation
598m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.