Wilderness Area · can
Big Plains Wilderness Area
- Area
- 21 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2023
Overview
- Designation
- Wilderness Area
- Established
- 2023
- Managing authority
- Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydrology1 basins · 4 lakes · 2 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
8,6km
Lake surface here
0,11km²
Basins crossed
1
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
3 271km²
Discharge in basins
0,0m³/s
Mean precip.
1 431mm/an
Mean T°
5,8°C
Moisture idx
0,50
Max snow
32%
Mean runoff
1 002mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
87m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (4, top by area)
Rivers / streams (2, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 45.18444, -61.84287
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.