Protected Area · can
CHURN CREEK PROTECTED AREA
- Area
- 371 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1996
Overview
- Designation
- Protected Area
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1996
- Managing authority
- Government of British Columbia
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
312 distinct species · 1 360 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 CHURN CREEK PROTECTED AREA : 23 espèces reliées par 101 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 14.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology6 basins · 3 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
69,6km
Lake surface here
0,71km²
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
144 738km²
Discharge in basins
1 514,6m³/s
Mean precip.
387mm/an
Mean T°
2,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,43
Max snow
46%
Mean runoff
270mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 291m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Churn Creeksub-area984,3 km²overlap147.79 km²40%
- Bassin de Grinder Creeksub-area303,6 km²overlap115.06 km²31%
- Bassin de Fraser Riversub-area117 km²overlap50.57 km²14%
- Bassin de Lone Cabin Creeksub-area227 km²overlap37.15 km²10%
- Bassin de Fraser Riversub-area125,8 km²overlap17.53 km²5%
- Bassin de Dog Creeksub-area2 602,1 km²overlap2.82 km²1%
Lakes (3, top by area)
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- Churn Creekord 3len here28.52 km31%total93 km
- Koster Creekord 1len here12.83 km97%total13 km
- Grinder Creekord 2len here11.00 km65%total17 km
- Lone Cabin Creekord 3len here7.40 km24%total30 km
- Fraser Riverord 7len here5.59 km0%total1863 km
- Little Churn Creekord 1len here3.68 km33%total11 km
- Higginbottom Creekord 1len here0.56 km20%total3 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
- 51.46220, -122.38203
- 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.