La Biche River Wildland Provincial Park
IUCN IIWildland Provincial Park · 2000
154 km²
Commune · CAN
Athabasca County No. 12
Canada
DfbCold, no dry season, warm summer(99 %)
Species observed
1 212
Observations
18 548
Area
6 442,9km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Athabasca County No. 12 : 21 espèces + 7 bulles famille, 34 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 9.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 7 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Espèces affichées
28
Interactions affichées
34
Connectance
0.090
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
1 212 distinct species · 18 548 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
2,5°C
Annual rain
449mm
Warmest m°
22,4°C
Coldest m°
-16,7°C
Elevation: 610 m on average (min 497 m, max 730 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
2,5°C
Annual rain
449mm
Warmest month
22,4°C
Coldest month
-16,7°C
Mean alt.
610m
Min
497m
Max
730m
Std. dev.
42m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
DfbCold, no dry season, warm summer(99 %)Cold
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
6,1
Org. C
29,4g/kg
Clay
18,7%
Sand
49,0%
Silt
32,3%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiMaggregated to Division No. 13
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
6,1
Org. C
41,9g/kg
Clay
16,3%
Sand
50,4%
Silt
33,4%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
6,1
Org. C
27,0g/kg
Clay
18,0%
Sand
49,5%
Silt
32,5%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
6,1
Org. C
19,2g/kg
Clay
21,9%
Sand
47,1%
Silt
31,0%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest52.1%
Crops13.7%
Built-up0.0%
Bare soil1.5%
Other (grassland, water…)32.7%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology25 basins · 50 lakes · 15 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
812,5km
Lake surface here
193,66km²
Basins crossed
25
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
87 857km²
Discharge in basins
1 957,9m³/s
Mean precip.
471mm/an
Mean T°
1,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,32
Max snow
48%
Mean runoff
81mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
619m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Pine Creeksub-area1 890,2 km²overlap1765.43 km²27%
- Bassin de Athabasca Riversub-area991 km²overlap811.84 km²13%
- Bassin de Wandering Riversub-area1 554,3 km²overlap659.54 km²10%
- Bassin de Tawatinaw Riversub-area784,7 km²overlap505.51 km²8%
- Basin #64430sub-area1 168,6 km²overlap363.00 km²6%
- Bassin de Dapp Creeksub-area735,1 km²overlap316.68 km²5%
- Bassin de Muskeg Creeksub-area316,9 km²overlap315.61 km²5%
- Bassin de Baptiste Creeksub-area349,2 km²overlap279.75 km²4%
- Bassin de la Biche Riversub-area200,9 km²overlap201.80 km²3%
16 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Duncan Creeksub-area341,6 km²overlap177.92 km²3%
- Bassin de la Biche Riversub-area170,4 km²overlap159.54 km²2%
- Bassin de Athabasca Riversub-area211,6 km²overlap140.57 km²2%
- Bassin de la Biche Riversub-area906,8 km²overlap138.21 km²2%
- Bassin de Athabasca Riversub-area122 km²overlap118.40 km²2%
- Bassin de Athabasca Riversub-area1 229,9 km²overlap104.40 km²2%
- Bassin de Athabasca Riversub-area99,3 km²overlap97.26 km²2%
- Bassin de Athabasca Riversub-area625,5 km²overlap79.98 km²1%
- Bassin de Athabasca Riversub-area229,3 km²overlap69.67 km²1%
- Bassin de Athabasca Riversub-area221,8 km²overlap64.70 km²1%
- Bassin de Beaver Riversub-area1 190,3 km²overlap28.40 km²0%
- Bassin de French Creeksub-area694,5 km²overlap26.86 km²0%
- Bassin de Namepi Creeksub-area760,1 km²overlap16.52 km²0%
- Bassin de Athabasca Riversub-area2,5 km²overlap0.82 km²0%
- Bassin de Athabasca Riversub-area1 155,9 km²overlap0.44 km²0%
- Bassin de Calling Riversub-area1 827 km²overlap0.02 km²0%
Lakes (50, top by area)
- Flat Lakearea29,5 km²avg depth2.0 m
- North Buck Lakearea20,5 km²avg depth8.9 m
- McMillan Lakearea15,8 km²avg depth5.9 m
- Charron Lakearea12,7 km²avg depth2.9 m
- Baptiste Lakearea9,4 km²avg depth9.6 m
- Lyle Lakearea9,4 km²avg depth5.5 m
- Skeleton Lakearea8,7 km²avg depth9.5 m
- Island Lakearea7,7 km²avg depth9.4 m
- Corrigall Lakearea7 km²avg depth4.9 m
41 more lakes
- Amisk Lakearea5,2 km²avg depth9.4 m
- Sandhill Lakearea4,8 km²avg depth5.5 m
- Ward Lakearea4,8 km²avg depth6.2 m
- Dakin Lakearea4,5 km²avg depth3.9 m
- Bolloque Lakearea3,1 km²avg depth4.8 m
- Big Johnson Lakearea3 km²avg depth6.4 m
- Hope Lakearea2,8 km²avg depth6.3 m
- Lake #81245area2,6 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lake #80720area2,4 km²avg depth10.4 m
- Lake #81065area2,3 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Oakley Lakearea2,3 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Armstrong Lakearea2,2 km²avg depth3.5 m
- Lodge Lakearea2,2 km²avg depth7.9 m
- Bleak Lakearea2,2 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Jackfish Lakearea2,1 km²avg depth4.8 m
- Auger Lakearea2 km²avg depth3.6 m
- Ghost Lakearea2 km²avg depth6.5 m
- Powder Lakearea1,7 km²avg depth6.6 m
- Long Lakearea1,7 km²avg depth6.5 m
- Jenkins Lakearea1,6 km²avg depth13.4 m
- Camping Lakesarea1,5 km²avg depth3.9 m
- Howie Lakearea1,5 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lake #79584area1,4 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lake #81047area1,2 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Narrow Lakearea1,2 km²avg depth6.6 m
- Nixon Lakearea1,1 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lake #80925area1,1 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Camping Lakesarea1,1 km²avg depth3.9 m
- Lake #81570area1,1 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Canoe Lakearea1 km²avg depth3.9 m
- Lac 824380area1 km²avg depth4.6 m
- Lac 834517area1 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 810576area0,9 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 831286area0,9 km²avg depth3.6 m
- Lac 824739area0,8 km²avg depth6.0 m
- Lac 806435area0,8 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 815720area0,8 km²avg depth3.6 m
- Lac 832046area0,8 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 809902area0,7 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lac 830674area0,7 km²avg depth2.9 m
- Lac 825855area0,7 km²avg depth6.9 m
Rivers / streams (15, ord ≥ 4)
- Athabasca Riverord 7len here218.71 km9%total2433 km
- Pine Creekord 6len here149.56 km48%total313 km
- Wandering Riverord 4len here86.05 km57%total151 km
- La Biche Riverord 7len here73.28 km16%total457 km
- Tawatinaw Riverord 3len here59.80 km66%total90 km
- Babette Creekord 3len here46.33 km100%total46 km
- Muskeg Creekord 3len here44.92 km53%total84 km
- Colinton Creekord 2len here38.00 km100%total38 km
- Duncan Creekord 7len here29.35 km80%total37 km
- Elk Creekord 3len here18.79 km92%total20 km
- Deer Creekord 2len here14.39 km99%total15 km
- Little Pine Creekord 2len here13.02 km100%total13 km
3 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,2nW
Built-up
3,3%
Pesticides
13,0kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas20
IUCN VI · 11IUCN IV · 7IUCN II · 2
Poachers' Landing Provincial Recreation Area
IUCN IIProvincial Recreation Area · 2019
16 km²
Meanook National Wildlife Area
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Area · 1979
2 km²
Privately Protected Area (NCC 20381)
IUCN IVPrivately Protected Area · 2023
2 km²
North Pine Creek
IUCN VIFee Simple Property · 2023
1 km²
Athabasca 2
IUCN VIFee Simple Property · 2023
1 km²
Complete list20 protected areas
- La Biche River Wildland Provincial ParkWildland Provincial ParkIUCN II2000154 km²
- Poachers' Landing Provincial Recreation AreaProvincial Recreation AreaIUCN II201916 km²
- Meanook National Wildlife AreaNational Wildlife AreaIUCN IV19792 km²
- Privately Protected Area (NCC 20381)Privately Protected AreaIUCN IV20232 km²
- North Pine CreekFee Simple PropertyIUCN VI20231 km²
- Athabasca 2Fee Simple PropertyIUCN VI20231 km²
- Athabasca 1Fee Simple PropertyIUCN VI20231 km²
- Athabasca 4Fee Simple PropertyIUCN VI20231 km²
- KarvonenFee Simple PropertyIUCN VI20231 km²
- Athabasca 6Fee Simple PropertyIUCN VI20231 km²
- Athabasca 7Fee Simple PropertyIUCN VI20231 km²
- Athabasca 3Fee Simple PropertyIUCN VI20231 km²
- East Oakley Lake (Titled)Fee Simple PropertyIUCN VI20231 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20241 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20241 km²
- Privately Protected Area (NCC 20381)Privately Protected AreaIUCN IV20241 km²
- Karvonen 2Fee Simple PropertyIUCN VI20231 km²
- Athabasca 5Fee Simple PropertyIUCN VI20231 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20240 km²
- Privately Protected Area (NCC 20024)Privately Protected AreaIUCN IV20230 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN