HydroLAKES lake · #723
Devils Lake
Surface area
343,2km²
Avg depth
8,3m
Volume
2 837,35km³
Shoreline
428,1km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- RamseyNorth Dakota · United States179.44 km²52.1% of lake
- BensonNorth Dakota · United States164.77 km²47.9% of lake
10 intersecting protected areas
Watershed Protection
3.49 km² overlap
Ramsey County
IUCN VIWaterfowl Production Area
1.87 km² overlap
Reserve Program
1.55 km² overlap
Benson County
IUCN VWaterfowl Production Area
1.42 km² overlap
Watershed Protection
0.97 km² overlap
Sullys Hill National
IUCN IVGame Preserve
0.78 km² overlap
Benson County
IUCN VWaterfowl Production Area
0.69 km² overlap
Reserve Program
0.42 km² overlap
Pelican Township
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.22 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Wetlands
IUCN Not AssignedReserve Program
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
470 distinct species · 15 664 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 Devils Lake : 25 espèces reliées par 68 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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
343,20km²
Avg depth
8,3m
Volume
2 837,350km³
Watershed
8 623km²
Shoreline
428,1km
Shore dev. idx
6,52
Residence time
4 678days
Elevation
435m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.