HydroLAKES lake · #9809
Yojoa
Surface area
79,01km²
Avg depth
42,4m
Volume
3 349,93km³
Shoreline
49,2km
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Santa Cruz de YojoaCortés · Honduras66.24 km²84.1% of lake
- Las VegasSanta Bárbara · Honduras11.51 km²14.6% of lake
- San Pedro ZacapaSanta Bárbara · Honduras0.98 km²1.2% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Lago de Yojoa
IUCN VIMultiple Use Area
78.73 km² overlap
Cuenca del Lago de Yojoa
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
78.73 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 415 distinct species · 113 410 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Yojoa : 21 espèces reliées par 36 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
79,01km²
Avg depth
42,4m
Volume
3 349,930km³
Watershed
302km²
Shoreline
49,2km
Shore dev. idx
1,56
Residence time
5 169days
Elevation
638m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.