HydroLAKES lake · #551
Cold
Surface area
346,85km²
Avg depth
43,6m
Volume
15 131,9km³
Shoreline
116,6km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Division No. 12Alberta · Canada245.89 km²70.6% of lake
- Division No. 17Saskatchewan · Canada102.50 km²29.4% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Meadow Lake Provincial Park
IUCN IINatural Environment Park
102.54 km² overlap
Cold Lake Provincial Park
IUCN IIProvincial Park
0.09 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
533 distinct species · 8 949 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 Cold : 26 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 57 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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
346,85km²
Avg depth
43,6m
Volume
15 131,900km³
Watershed
6 544km²
Shoreline
116,6km
Shore dev. idx
1,77
Residence time
13 276days
Elevation
531m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.