HydroLAKES lake · #451
Big Sand
Surface area
248,13km²
Avg depth
17,7m
Volume
4 383,99km³
Shoreline
576,3km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Division No. 23Manitoba · Canada249.40 km²100.0% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Sand Lakes Provincial Park
IUCN IbProvincial Park
239.31 km² overlap
Sand Lakes Provincial Park
IUCN IIProvincial Park
10.09 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
53 distinct species · 116 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 14 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 Big Sand : 9 espèces reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 19.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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
248,13km²
Avg depth
17,7m
Volume
4 383,990km³
Watershed
8 451km²
Shoreline
576,3km
Shore dev. idx
10,32
Residence time
892days
Elevation
300m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.