World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · can
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
- Area
- 23 621 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 1984
Overview
- Designation
- World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
- Established
- 1984
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
8 651 distinct species · 605 045 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks : 31 espèces reliées par 94 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 11.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology61 basins · 50 lakes · 100 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
3 754,2km
Lake surface here
140,25km²
Basins crossed
61
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
9 261km²
Discharge in basins
674,9m³/s
Mean precip.
647mm/an
Mean T°
-1,6°C
Moisture idx
0,13
Max snow
67%
Mean runoff
438mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
2 004m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Athabasca Riversub-area2 366,7 km²overlap2372.20 km²10%
- Bassin de Bow Riversub-area2 208,5 km²overlap2216.67 km²9%
- Bassin de Snake Indian Riversub-area1 644,5 km²overlap1641.69 km²7%
- Bassin de Kootenay Riversub-area2 705,4 km²overlap1601.73 km²7%
- Bassin de Kicking Horse Riversub-area1 815,3 km²overlap1320.24 km²6%
- Bassin de Rocky Riversub-area1 128,2 km²overlap1130.06 km²5%
- Bassin de Brazeau Riversub-area2 063,9 km²overlap1118.16 km²5%
- Bassin de Fraser Riversub-area1 039,3 km²overlap1035.88 km²4%
- Bassin de Snaring Riversub-area1 028 km²overlap1032.18 km²4%
52 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Maligne Riversub-area899,1 km²overlap902.67 km²4%
- Bassin de Athabasca Riversub-area812,8 km²overlap803.58 km²3%
- Bassin de Sunwapta Riversub-area742,9 km²overlap745.66 km²3%
- Bassin de Smoky Riversub-area1 302,5 km²overlap743.84 km²3%
- Bassin de Ghost Riversub-area944,1 km²overlap719.54 km²3%
- Bassin de Fraser Riversub-area861,9 km²overlap652.05 km²3%
- Bassin de Red Deer Riversub-area990,2 km²overlap588.42 km²2%
- Bassin de Spray Riversub-area736,3 km²overlap494.09 km²2%
- Bassin de Moose Riversub-area460,6 km²overlap462.53 km²2%
- Bassin de Panther Riversub-area650,4 km²overlap435.34 km²2%
- Bassin de Clearwater Riversub-area589,2 km²overlap429.48 km²2%
- Bassin de Howse Riversub-area421,6 km²overlap418.25 km²2%
- Bassin de Mistaya Riversub-area309,5 km²overlap307.01 km²1%
- Bassin de Alexandra Riversub-area296,9 km²overlap296.40 km²1%
- Bassin de North Saskatchewan Riversub-area271,1 km²overlap271.56 km²1%
- Bassin de North Saskatchewan Riversub-area260,7 km²overlap261.75 km²1%
- Bassin de Wood Riversub-area972,2 km²overlap253.10 km²1%
- Bassin de Fiddle Riversub-area290,1 km²overlap244.26 km²1%
- Bassin de Athabasca Riversub-area233 km²overlap229.02 km²1%
- Bassin de Wildhay Riversub-area2 591,4 km²overlap199.49 km²1%
- Bassin de Siffleur Riversub-area516,5 km²overlap166.71 km²1%
- Bassin de Columbia Riversub-area678,3 km²overlap104.20 km²0%
- Bassin de North Saskatchewan Riversub-area404,4 km²overlap94.37 km²0%
- Bassin de Bow Riversub-area485,4 km²overlap91.20 km²0%
- Bassin de Holmes Riversub-area810,6 km²overlap64.91 km²0%
- Bassin de Columbia Riversub-area120,5 km²overlap26.37 km²0%
- Bassin de Bow Riversub-area18 km²overlap18.09 km²0%
- Bassin de Chatter Creeksub-area1 632,2 km²overlap17.84 km²0%
- Bassin de Cline Riversub-area856,9 km²overlap14.33 km²0%
- Bassin de Blaeberry Riversub-area745,4 km²overlap13.21 km²0%
- Bassin de North Saskatchewan Riversub-area12,8 km²overlap12.87 km²0%
- Bassin de Athabasca Riversub-area12,3 km²overlap12.37 km²0%
- Bassin de Athabasca Riversub-area102,9 km²overlap11.70 km²0%
- Bassin de Jackpine Riversub-area751,3 km²overlap5.52 km²0%
- Bassin de Cardinal Riversub-area491,6 km²overlap5.38 km²0%
- Bassin de Canoe Riversub-area305,4 km²overlap5.23 km²0%
- Bassin de Canoe Riversub-area1 246,7 km²overlap5.02 km²0%
- Bassin de Sullivan Riversub-area632,5 km²overlap4.66 km²0%
- Bassin de Canoe Riversub-area633,4 km²overlap3.07 km²0%
- Bassin de McLennan Riversub-area528,5 km²overlap2.25 km²0%
- Bassin de McLeod Riversub-area2 572,4 km²overlap2.13 km²0%
- Bassin de Columbia Riversub-area9,6 km²overlap2.12 km²0%
- Bassin de Kananaskis Riversub-area955,8 km²overlap2.07 km²0%
- Bassin de Waitabit Creeksub-area352,3 km²overlap2.04 km²0%
- Basin #29780sub-area128,7 km²overlap1.82 km²0%
- Bassin de Palliser Riversub-area730,3 km²overlap1.46 km²0%
- Bassin de Red Deer Riversub-area992,2 km²overlap1.06 km²0%
- Bassin de Waiparous Creeksub-area717,5 km²overlap0.80 km²0%
- Bassin de Solomon Creeksub-area192,1 km²overlap0.79 km²0%
- Bassin de Sulphur Riversub-area854,6 km²overlap0.62 km²0%
- Bassin de Ram Riversub-area1 881,3 km²overlap0.46 km²0%
- Bassin de Small Creeksub-area251 km²overlap0.00 km²0%
Lakes (50, top by area)
- Lake Minnewankaarea21,9 km²avg depth83.6 m
- Maligne Lakearea20,5 km²avg depth41.8 m
- Spray Lakearea19 km²avg depth22.2 m
- Moose Lakearea14 km²avg depth47.9 m
- Jasper Lakearea11,4 km²avg depth11.0 m
- Fortress Lakearea8,7 km²avg depth32.3 m
- Hector Lakearea5,5 km²avg depth24.0 m
- Amethyst Lakesarea4,6 km²avg depth8.9 m
- Medicine Lakearea4,2 km²avg depth24.5 m
41 more lakes
- Talbot Lakearea3,5 km²avg depth7.4 m
- Twintree Lakearea3,4 km²avg depth21.7 m
- Bow Lakearea3,1 km²avg depth13.7 m
- Brazeau Lakearea2,8 km²avg depth15.7 m
- Glacier Lakearea2,3 km²avg depth18.4 m
- Berg Lakearea1,9 km²avg depth20.1 m
- Marvel Lakearea1,9 km²avg depth17.6 m
- Yellowhead Lakearea1,8 km²avg depth12.8 m
- Lake #88657area1,5 km²avg depth6.7 m
- Peyto Lakearea1,5 km²avg depth17.9 m
- Southesk Lakearea1,4 km²avg depth13.6 m
- Chephren Lakearea1,3 km²avg depth23.0 m
- Mistaya Lakearea1,3 km²avg depth16.5 m
- Pyramid Lakearea1,2 km²avg depth10.0 m
- Lake #93048area1,2 km²avg depth20.4 m
- Freshfield Lakearea1,1 km²avg depth23.0 m
- Topaz Lakearea1,1 km²avg depth12.3 m
- Lake Magogarea1,1 km²avg depth12.5 m
- Emerald Lakearea1,1 km²avg depth10.5 m
- Lac 924323area0,9 km²avg depth8.8 m
- Lac 889363area0,9 km²avg depth9.0 m
- Lac 932989area0,9 km²avg depth10.8 m
- Lac 899563area0,8 km²avg depth11.2 m
- Lac 930908area0,8 km²avg depth12.1 m
- Lac 894252area0,8 km²avg depth10.2 m
- Lac 928579area0,8 km²avg depth12.2 m
- Lac 877470area0,7 km²avg depth10.5 m
- Lac 915163area0,7 km²avg depth9.2 m
- Lac 882618area0,6 km²avg depth7.3 m
- Lac 868383area0,6 km²avg depth6.7 m
- Lac 884295area0,6 km²avg depth6.3 m
- Lac 873848area0,5 km²avg depth10.4 m
- Lac 932963area0,5 km²avg depth8.5 m
- Lac 935768area0,5 km²avg depth7.8 m
- Lac 882357area0,5 km²avg depth4.3 m
- Lac 943706area0,5 km²avg depth11.1 m
- Lac 938638area0,5 km²avg depth9.7 m
- Lac 915668area0,5 km²avg depth5.8 m
- Lac 875145area0,5 km²avg depth7.9 m
- Lac 946711area0,5 km²avg depth9.2 m
- Lac 897300area0,5 km²avg depth6.3 m
Rivers / streams (100, ord ≥ 4)
- Snake Indian Riverord 4len here226.94 km100%total226 km
- Athabasca Riverord 7len here220.46 km9%total2433 km
- Fraser Riverord 7len here190.16 km10%total1863 km
- Maligne Riverord 3len here135.04 km100%total135 km
- Bow Riverord 6len here123.47 km14%total878 km
- Snaring Riverord 4len here102.10 km100%total102 km
- Red Deer Riverord 7len here94.18 km5%total1851 km
- Brazeau Riverord 5len here91.51 km23%total391 km
- Sunwapta Riverord 5len here89.21 km100%total89 km
- Smoky Riverord 6len here82.31 km10%total813 km
- Rocky Riverord 3len here78.63 km100%total78 km
- Vermilion Riverord 4len here74.18 km58%total129 km
88 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- North Saskatchewan Riverord 7len here71.16 km3%total2304 km
- Moose Riverord 4len here69.40 km100%total69 km
- Kootenay Riverord 6len here68.26 km12%total570 km
- Whirlpool Riverord 4len here64.22 km100%total64 km
- Cascade Riverord 4len here63.60 km100%total63 km
- Miette Riverord 4len here50.22 km100%total50 km
- Clearwater Riverord 4len here49.44 km9%total550 km
- Spray Riverord 3len here49.31 km93%total53 km
- Pipestone Riverord 3len here47.06 km35%total135 km
- Panther Riverord 4len here45.81 km56%total82 km
- North West Brazeau Riverord 2len here45.10 km100%total45 km
- Kicking Horse Riverord 4len here44.36 km45%total98 km
- Fiddle Riverord 2len here43.57 km82%total53 km
- Chaba Riverord 3len here40.52 km100%total40 km
- Amiskwi Riverord 2len here39.85 km100%total40 km
- Mistaya Riverord 3len here36.34 km100%total36 km
- Brewster Creekord 3len here34.65 km100%total35 km
- Southesk Riverord 3len here33.57 km82%total41 km
- Robson Riverord 2len here33.26 km100%total33 km
- Medicine Tent Riverord 3len here32.68 km100%total33 km
- Poboktan Creekord 3len here31.84 km100%total32 km
- Bath Creekord 3len here31.39 km100%total31 km
- Lick Creekord 3len here30.75 km66%total47 km
- Johnston Creekord 2len here28.61 km100%total29 km
- Alexandra Riverord 3len here28.53 km100%total28 km
- Ghost Riverord 3len here28.05 km26%total106 km
- Otterhead Riverord 4len here27.60 km100%total28 km
- Derr Creekord 3len here27.49 km100%total27 km
- Rock Creekord 2len here27.28 km72%total38 km
- Simon Creekord 3len here25.32 km100%total25 km
- Ottertail Riverord 3len here25.20 km100%total25 km
- Blue Creekord 2len here25.05 km100%total25 km
- Howse Riverord 4len here24.45 km100%total24 km
- Ghita Creekord 2len here23.47 km100%total23 km
- Dormer Riverord 3len here23.31 km83%total28 km
- Baker Creekord 4len here23.25 km100%total23 km
- Arctomys Creekord 2len here22.43 km100%total22 km
- Mowitch Creekord 1len here22.23 km100%total22 km
- Forty Mile Creekord 2len here22.17 km62%total36 km
- Alpland Creekord 2len here22.03 km100%total22 km
- Grant Brookord 2len here21.83 km100%total22 km
- Wood Riverord 3len here21.12 km17%total128 km
- Castleguard Riverord 2len here21.09 km100%total21 km
- Og Creekord 1len here20.96 km100%total21 km
- Astoria Riverord 3len here20.67 km100%total21 km
- Dolomite Creekord 2len here19.82 km100%total20 km
- Meadow Creekord 3len here19.60 km42%total46 km
- Swiftcurrent Creekord 4len here19.49 km67%total29 km
- Glacier Riverord 3len here19.38 km100%total19 km
- Middle Whirlpool Riverord 3len here18.71 km100%total19 km
- Jonas Creekord 1len here18.04 km100%total18 km
- Portal Creekord 2len here17.66 km100%total18 km
- Ranger Creekord 5len here17.61 km100%total18 km
- Sleeper Creekord 2len here17.59 km100%total18 km
- North Cascade Riverord 2len here17.56 km100%total18 km
- Yoho Riverord 2len here17.53 km100%total18 km
- Makwa Creekord 3len here17.46 km100%total17 km
- Siffleur Riverord 3len here17.41 km26%total67 km
- Nigel Creekord 3len here17.40 km100%total17 km
- Moraine Creekord 4len here16.77 km100%total17 km
- Minaga Creekord 1len here16.76 km100%total17 km
- Tonquin Creekord 3len here16.74 km100%total17 km
- Altrude Creekord 2len here16.71 km100%total17 km
- Verdant Creekord 2len here16.16 km100%total16 km
- Divergence Creekord 2len here16.01 km100%total16 km
- Daer Creekord 1len here15.42 km100%total15 km
- Chown Creekord 3len here15.37 km100%total15 km
- Stony Creekord 4len here15.26 km3%total486 km
- Isaac Creekord 2len here14.67 km100%total15 km
- Lachine Creekord 2len here14.43 km100%total14 km
- Emerald Riverord 2len here13.76 km100%total14 km
- Martin Creekord 2len here13.75 km32%total43 km
- Simpson Riverord 3len here13.65 km100%total14 km
- Moosehorn Creekord 2len here13.63 km36%total38 km
- Rampart Creekord 4len here13.52 km100%total14 km
- Molar Creekord 2len here13.17 km100%total13 km
- Nashan Creekord 2len here13.10 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
- Geikie Creekord 2len here12.20 km100%total12 km
- Ochre Creekord 3len here12.06 km87%total14 km
- Dromore Creekord 1len here12.02 km100%total12 km
- Calumet Creekord 2len here11.92 km100%total12 km
- Terrace Creekord 3len here11.92 km100%total12 km
- Roaring Creekord 1len here11.92 km100%total12 km
- Sinclair Creekord 2len here11.89 km44%total27 km
- Cairn Riverord 2len here11.82 km100%total12 km
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
- 52.03048, -116.95206
- 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.