HydroLAKES lake · #507
Besnard
Surface area
132,23km²
Avg depth
16,2m
Volume
2 147,12km³
Shoreline
357,8km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Division No. 18Saskatchewan · Canada132.84 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Besnard Lake Recreation Site
IUCN Not ApplicableRecreation Site
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
53 distinct species · 111 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Besnard : 29 espèces reliées par 50 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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
132,23km²
Avg depth
16,2m
Volume
2 147,120km³
Watershed
849km²
Shoreline
357,8km
Shore dev. idx
8,78
Residence time
7 579days
Elevation
385m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.