National Park · can
Banff National Park Of Canada
II · Parc national6 857 km²Established 1885
Key facts
- Area
- 6 857 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1885
Overview
- Designation
- National Park
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1885
- Managing authority
- Parks Canada Agency
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
5 471 distinct species · 315 439 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Banff National Park Of Canada : 31 espèces reliées par 96 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 12.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
40
Interactions affichées
96
Connectance
0.123
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology30 basins · 50 lakes · 85 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
1 421,2km
Lake surface here
55,32km²
Basins crossed
30
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
4 393km²
Discharge in basins
161,5m³/s
Mean precip.
644mm/an
Mean T°
-2,2°C
Moisture idx
0,14
Max snow
64%
Mean runoff
403mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
2 156m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Bow Riversub-area2 208,5 km²overlap2200.41 km²32%
- Bassin de Ghost Riversub-area944,1 km²overlap720.73 km²11%
- Bassin de Red Deer Riversub-area990,2 km²overlap587.32 km²9%
- Bassin de Spray Riversub-area736,3 km²overlap498.28 km²7%
- Bassin de Panther Riversub-area650,4 km²overlap435.44 km²6%
- Bassin de Clearwater Riversub-area589,2 km²overlap428.58 km²6%
- Bassin de Howse Riversub-area421,6 km²overlap419.22 km²6%
- Bassin de Mistaya Riversub-area309,5 km²overlap306.59 km²4%
- Bassin de Alexandra Riversub-area296,9 km²overlap296.68 km²4%
21 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de North Saskatchewan Riversub-area260,7 km²overlap261.55 km²4%
- Bassin de North Saskatchewan Riversub-area271,1 km²overlap254.61 km²4%
- Bassin de Siffleur Riversub-area516,5 km²overlap165.48 km²2%
- Bassin de North Saskatchewan Riversub-area404,4 km²overlap92.52 km²1%
- Bassin de Bow Riversub-area485,4 km²overlap88.33 km²1%
- Bassin de Chatter Creeksub-area1 632,2 km²overlap19.31 km²0%
- Bassin de Bow Riversub-area18 km²overlap18.09 km²0%
- Bassin de Kootenay Riversub-area2 705,4 km²overlap13.99 km²0%
- Bassin de North Saskatchewan Riversub-area12,8 km²overlap12.87 km²0%
- Bassin de Cline Riversub-area856,9 km²overlap9.53 km²0%
- Bassin de Blaeberry Riversub-area745,4 km²overlap8.81 km²0%
- Bassin de Sunwapta Riversub-area742,9 km²overlap5.60 km²0%
- Bassin de Kicking Horse Riversub-area1 815,3 km²overlap4.07 km²0%
- Bassin de Palliser Riversub-area730,3 km²overlap2.23 km²0%
- Bassin de Waitabit Creeksub-area352,3 km²overlap1.95 km²0%
- Basin #29780sub-area128,7 km²overlap1.54 km²0%
- Bassin de Red Deer Riversub-area992,2 km²overlap1.02 km²0%
- Bassin de Kananaskis Riversub-area955,8 km²overlap0.82 km²0%
- Bassin de Ram Riversub-area1 881,3 km²overlap0.64 km²0%
- Bassin de Waiparous Creeksub-area717,5 km²overlap0.54 km²0%
- Bassin de Brazeau Riversub-area2 063,9 km²overlap0.50 km²0%
Lakes (50, top by area)
- Lake Minnewankaarea21,9 km²avg depth83.6 m
- Spray Lakearea19 km²avg depth22.2 m
- Hector Lakearea5,5 km²avg depth24.0 m
- Bow Lakearea3,1 km²avg depth13.7 m
- Glacier Lakearea2,3 km²avg depth18.4 m
- Marvel Lakearea1,9 km²avg depth17.6 m
- Peyto Lakearea1,5 km²avg depth17.9 m
- Chephren Lakearea1,3 km²avg depth23.0 m
- Mistaya Lakearea1,3 km²avg depth16.5 m
41 more lakes
- Freshfield Lakearea1,1 km²avg depth23.0 m
- Lac 924323area0,9 km²avg depth8.8 m
- Lac 932989area0,9 km²avg depth10.8 m
- Lac 928579area0,8 km²avg depth12.2 m
- Lac 915163area0,7 km²avg depth9.2 m
- Lac 932963area0,5 km²avg depth8.5 m
- Lac 943706area0,5 km²avg depth11.1 m
- Lac 935768area0,5 km²avg depth7.8 m
- Lac 915668area0,5 km²avg depth5.8 m
- Lac 946711area0,5 km²avg depth9.2 m
- Lac 916812area0,4 km²avg depth8.0 m
- Lac 919663area0,4 km²avg depth7.0 m
- Lac 920141area0,4 km²avg depth8.7 m
- Lac 934012area0,4 km²avg depth5.9 m
- Lac 931145area0,4 km²avg depth9.3 m
- Lac 922120area0,4 km²avg depth4.6 m
- Lac 916299area0,4 km²avg depth10.7 m
- Lac 943707area0,3 km²avg depth9.2 m
- Lac 907169area0,3 km²avg depth9.9 m
- Lac 935417area0,3 km²avg depth4.6 m
- Lac 926239area0,3 km²avg depth6.9 m
- Lac 920986area0,3 km²avg depth11.5 m
- Lac 930738area0,3 km²avg depth7.0 m
- Lac 930599area0,3 km²avg depth5.8 m
- Lac 932564area0,3 km²avg depth6.5 m
- Lac 910946area0,3 km²avg depth6.7 m
- Lac 937451area0,3 km²avg depth9.5 m
- Lac 925531area0,3 km²avg depth8.3 m
- Lac 927591area0,3 km²avg depth10.3 m
- Lac 918669area0,3 km²avg depth6.3 m
- Lac 916702area0,3 km²avg depth4.8 m
- Lac 916757area0,3 km²avg depth8.3 m
- Lac 926374area0,3 km²avg depth6.3 m
- Lac 931460area0,3 km²avg depth8.8 m
- Lac 931974area0,3 km²avg depth9.4 m
- Lac 913866area0,2 km²avg depth6.7 m
- Lac 917333area0,2 km²avg depth6.0 m
- Lac 916648area0,2 km²avg depth6.1 m
- Lac 920413area0,2 km²avg depth8.6 m
- Lac 909521area0,2 km²avg depth6.3 m
- Lac 923570area0,2 km²avg depth9.6 m
Rivers / streams (85, ord ≥ 4)
- Bow Riverord 6len here123.02 km14%total878 km
- Red Deer Riverord 7len here94.10 km5%total1851 km
- North Saskatchewan Riverord 7len here71.03 km3%total2304 km
- Cascade Riverord 4len here63.60 km100%total63 km
- Clearwater Riverord 4len here48.93 km9%total550 km
- Spray Riverord 3len here47.65 km90%total53 km
- Pipestone Riverord 3len here47.06 km35%total135 km
- Panther Riverord 4len here45.85 km56%total82 km
- Mistaya Riverord 3len here36.34 km100%total36 km
- Brewster Creekord 3len here34.65 km100%total35 km
- Bath Creekord 3len here31.39 km100%total31 km
- Ghost Riverord 3len here28.75 km27%total106 km
73 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Johnston Creekord 2len here28.61 km100%total29 km
- Alexandra Riverord 3len here28.53 km100%total28 km
- Howse Riverord 4len here24.45 km100%total24 km
- Dormer Riverord 3len here23.37 km83%total28 km
- Baker Creekord 4len here23.25 km100%total23 km
- Arctomys Creekord 2len here22.43 km100%total22 km
- Forty Mile Creekord 2len here22.17 km62%total36 km
- Castleguard Riverord 2len here21.09 km100%total21 km
- Dolomite Creekord 2len here19.82 km100%total20 km
- Glacier Riverord 3len here19.38 km100%total19 km
- North Cascade Riverord 2len here17.56 km100%total18 km
- Nigel Creekord 3len here17.40 km100%total17 km
- Siffleur Riverord 3len here17.31 km26%total67 km
- Moraine Creekord 4len here16.77 km100%total17 km
- Altrude Creekord 2len here16.71 km100%total17 km
- Stony Creekord 4len here15.26 km3%total486 km
- Martin Creekord 2len here13.75 km32%total43 km
- Rampart Creekord 4len here13.52 km100%total14 km
- Molar Creekord 2len here13.17 km100%total13 km
- Freshfield Creekord 3len here12.76 km100%total13 km
- Douglas Creekord 2len here12.47 km39%total32 km
- Lost Horse Creekord 3len here12.38 km11%total109 km
- Terrace Creekord 3len here11.92 km100%total12 km
- Roaring Creekord 1len here11.92 km100%total12 km
- Marvel Creekord 1len here11.06 km100%total11 km
- Healy Creekord 2len here10.69 km100%total11 km
- Carrot Creekord 1len here10.62 km100%total11 km
- Forbes Creekord 2len here10.14 km100%total10 km
- Indianhead Creekord 2len here10.11 km26%total39 km
- Mosquito Creekord 3len here9.39 km18%total51 km
- Balfour Creekord 2len here9.12 km100%total9 km
- Louise Creekord 1len here9.09 km100%total9 km
- Silverhorn Creekord 1len here8.92 km100%total9 km
- Corral Creekord 1len here8.89 km100%total9 km
- Conway Creekord 1len here8.77 km100%total9 km
- Echo Creekord 3len here8.73 km13%total65 km
- Peyto Creekord 2len here8.72 km100%total9 km
- Malloch Creekord 1len here8.47 km100%total8 km
- Murchison Creekord 1len here8.14 km100%total8 km
- Owen Creekord 2len here8.13 km100%total8 km
- Redearth Creekord 2len here7.91 km100%total8 km
- Little Pipestone Creekord 3len here7.82 km9%total86 km
- Pharaoh Creekord 1len here7.61 km100%total8 km
- Goat Creekord 1len here7.54 km61%total12 km
- Wigmore Creekord 3len here7.36 km100%total7 km
- Allenby Creekord 2len here7.35 km100%total7 km
- Bryant Creekord 2len here7.28 km97%total8 km
- Totem Creekord 3len here7.26 km100%total7 km
- Cuthead Creekord 1len here7.24 km100%total7 km
- Turbulent Creekord 1len here6.49 km93%total7 km
- Norman Creekord 1len here6.17 km100%total6 km
- Sawback Creekord 1len here5.87 km100%total6 km
- Sundance Creekord 1len here5.67 km60%total9 km
- Ridges Creekord 1len here5.63 km100%total6 km
- Fatigue Creekord 1len here5.50 km100%total6 km
- Currie Creekord 1len here5.28 km100%total5 km
- Silverton Creekord 4len here5.27 km100%total5 km
- Noyes Creekord 1len here5.17 km100%total5 km
- Haiduk Creekord 1len here4.96 km100%total5 km
- McConnell Creekord 1len here4.63 km100%total5 km
- Wildflower Creekord 2len here4.63 km100%total5 km
- Taylor Creekord 1len here4.30 km100%total4 km
- White Man Creekord 1len here4.24 km100%total4 km
- Noseeum Creekord 3len here3.47 km100%total3 km
- Epaulette Creekord 1len here3.37 km100%total3 km
- Babel Creekord 1len here3.22 km100%total3 km
- Helen Creekord 1len here3.03 km100%total3 km
- Sunshine Creekord 1len here2.25 km100%total2 km
- Alpland Creekord 1len here2.17 km100%total2 km
- Paradise Creekord 4len here1.96 km100%total2 km
- Ranger Creekord 2len here1.66 km6%total28 km
- Brazeau Riverord 5len here1.04 km0%total391 km
- Blaeberry Riverord 5len here0.50 km0%total105 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
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Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 51.48777, -115.93813
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.