Rumsey Natural Area
IUCN IVNatural Area · 1996
114 km²
Census Division · CAN
Division No. 5
Canada
DfbCold, no dry season, warm summer(85 %)
Species observed
2 597
Observations
353 491
Area
17 136,1km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Division No. 5 : 24 espèces reliées par 83 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 15.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
33
Interactions affichées
83
Connectance
0.157
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
2 597 distinct species · 353 491 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
4,7°C
Annual rain
408mm
Warmest m°
24,6°C
Coldest m°
-12,5°C
Elevation: 901 m on average (min 680 m, max 1 146 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
4,7°C
Annual rain
408mm
Warmest month
24,6°C
Coldest month
-12,5°C
Mean alt.
901m
Min
680m
Max
1 146m
Std. dev.
67m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
DfbCold, no dry season, warm summer(85 %)Cold
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
7,1
Org. C
28,2g/kg
Clay
28,8%
Sand
34,1%
Silt
37,1%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
7,0
Org. C
44,4g/kg
Clay
27,8%
Sand
34,8%
Silt
37,4%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
7,1
Org. C
25,2g/kg
Clay
28,3%
Sand
34,6%
Silt
37,1%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
7,2
Org. C
15,0g/kg
Clay
30,4%
Sand
33,0%
Silt
36,7%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest2.4%
Crops61.2%
Built-up0.1%
Bare soil2.0%
Other (grassland, water…)34.4%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology41 basins · 50 lakes · 17 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
1 518,3km
Lake surface here
131,95km²
Basins crossed
41
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
29 637km²
Discharge in basins
710,0m³/s
Mean precip.
387mm/an
Mean T°
3,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,52
Max snow
30%
Mean runoff
78mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
901m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Threehills Creeksub-area2 200,3 km²overlap1575.30 km²9%
- Basin #74880sub-area1 303,1 km²overlap1307.68 km²8%
- Bassin de Kneehills Creeksub-area2 435,5 km²overlap1257.65 km²7%
- Bassin de Bow Riversub-area1 179,1 km²overlap1181.30 km²7%
- Bassin de Michichi Creeksub-area923,7 km²overlap927.21 km²5%
- Bassin de B Canal -- Western Irrigation Districtsub-area1 452,3 km²overlap836.64 km²5%
- Bassin de Oldman Riversub-area1 853,8 km²overlap774.08 km²5%
- Basin #60850sub-area752,3 km²overlap742.39 km²4%
- Bassin de Bow Riversub-area1 960,2 km²overlap671.75 km²4%
32 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Red Deer Riversub-area1 932,8 km²overlap641.03 km²4%
- Bassin de Bow Riversub-area562,2 km²overlap564.26 km²3%
- Bassin de Little Bow Riversub-area508,4 km²overlap510.17 km²3%
- Bassin de Rosebud Riversub-area508,2 km²overlap510.10 km²3%
- Basin #78880sub-area494,3 km²overlap496.09 km²3%
- Basin #75830sub-area1 040,3 km²overlap489.82 km²3%
- Bassin de Bow Riversub-area552,3 km²overlap463.93 km²3%
- Bassin de Rosebud Riversub-area776,5 km²overlap434.53 km²3%
- Bassin de Bow Riversub-area418,7 km²overlap420.23 km²2%
- Basin #79430sub-area421,5 km²overlap413.97 km²2%
- Bassin de Matzhiwin Creeksub-area2 462,2 km²overlap343.11 km²2%
- Bassin de Bow Riversub-area257,1 km²overlap258.01 km²2%
- Bassin de Rivière Little Bowsub-area840,6 km²overlap241.65 km²1%
- Bassin de Little Bow Riversub-area275,9 km²overlap226.43 km²1%
- Bassin de Red Deer Riversub-area509,8 km²overlap224.94 km²1%
- Bassin de Red Deer Riversub-area405,3 km²overlap224.17 km²1%
- Bassin de Little Bow Riversub-area937,7 km²overlap202.66 km²1%
- Bassin de Rosebud Riversub-area180,4 km²overlap181.11 km²1%
- Basin #78840sub-area264,3 km²overlap177.91 km²1%
- Bassin de Bow Riversub-area158 km²overlap158.60 km²1%
- Bassin de Bullpound Creeksub-area1 484,4 km²overlap137.10 km²1%
- Bassin de Little Bow Riversub-area129,6 km²overlap130.02 km²1%
- Bassin de Little Bow Riversub-area652 km²overlap113.24 km²1%
- Bassin de Red Deer Riversub-area80,5 km²overlap80.83 km²0%
- Bassin de Bow Riversub-area219,9 km²overlap69.43 km²0%
- Bassin de Bow Riversub-area55,3 km²overlap55.53 km²0%
- Bassin de Little Bow Riversub-area516 km²overlap37.79 km²0%
- Bassin de Red Deer Riversub-area23,2 km²overlap23.28 km²0%
- Bassin de Rosebud Riversub-area20,3 km²overlap20.40 km²0%
- Bassin de Bow Riversub-area131,1 km²overlap7.24 km²0%
- Basin #76220sub-area838,8 km²overlap4.42 km²0%
- Bassin de Mosquito Creeksub-area1 041,9 km²overlap0.06 km²0%
Lakes (50, top by area)
- McGregor Lakearea42,2 km²avg depth7.7 m
- Travers Reservoirarea21,9 km²avg depth14.5 m
- Eagle Lakearea12 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Farrell Lakearea11,1 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Namaka Lakearea6,5 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lake #97771area5,9 km²avg depth9.5 m
- Stobart Lakearea5 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Little Bow Lakearea4,7 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Mudspring Lakearea3,6 km²avg depth2.8 m
41 more lakes
- Lake #99295area3,6 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lake #94309area3,1 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lake #94154area2,6 km²avg depth3.0 m
- Seiu Lakearea1,8 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lake #97254area1,7 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Brant Lakearea1,5 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Pearl Lakearea1,4 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Dalemead Lakearea1,2 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lake #99094area1,2 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Keiver's Lakearea1,2 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Bigelow Reservoirarea1,1 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Clear Lakearea1 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 956700area1 km²avg depth3.4 m
- Lac 915731area0,9 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lac 954506area0,8 km²avg depth3.4 m
- Lac 945553area0,6 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lac 954543area0,6 km²avg depth3.0 m
- Lac 919090area0,6 km²avg depth5.2 m
- Lac 944658area0,5 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 938514area0,5 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 943225area0,4 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 919742area0,4 km²avg depth3.5 m
- Lac 935679area0,4 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lac 936477area0,4 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lac 935692area0,3 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 934353area0,3 km²avg depth2.9 m
- Lac 933533area0,3 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Lac 940932area0,3 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 943835area0,3 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 915394area0,3 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 944431area0,3 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 954892area0,3 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 960098area0,3 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 915471area0,3 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Lac 952636area0,3 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 939502area0,3 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 920825area0,3 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Lac 933867area0,3 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lac 952765area0,3 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lac 954000area0,3 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 939238area0,3 km²avg depth3.2 m
Rivers / streams (17, ord ≥ 4)
- Bow Riverord 6len here249.43 km28%total878 km
- Kneehills Creekord 4len here236.85 km93%total254 km
- Rosebud Riverord 5len here192.58 km47%total411 km
- Red Deer Riverord 7len here183.91 km10%total1851 km
- Ghostpine Creekord 4len here167.01 km93%total180 km
- Little Bow Riverord 4len here145.96 km75%total194 km
- Threehills Creekord 4len here143.55 km78%total185 km
- B Canal -- Western Irrigation Districtord 2len here45.68 km87%total53 km
- Serviceberry Creekord 4len here44.98 km100%total45 km
- Michichi Creekord 5len here32.45 km100%total32 km
- Acme Creekord 2len here21.78 km100%total22 km
- Renwick Creekord 1len here11.51 km100%total11 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,2nW
Built-up
6,0%
Pesticides
15,7kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas32
IUCN IV · 30IUCN II · 2
Tolman Badlands Heritage Rangeland Natural Area
IUCN IVNatural Area · 2000
23 km²
Hand Hills Ecological Reserve
IUCN IVEcological Reserve · 1988
23 km²
Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park
IUCN IIProvincial Park · 1970
15 km²
Midland Provincial Park
IUCN IIProvincial Park · 1979
3 km²
DUC Fee Simple Lands
IUCN IVOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental Organization · 2024
3 km²
Complete list32 protected areas
- Rumsey Natural AreaNatural AreaIUCN IV1996114 km²
- Tolman Badlands Heritage Rangeland Natural AreaNatural AreaIUCN IV200023 km²
- Hand Hills Ecological ReserveEcological ReserveIUCN IV198823 km²
- Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial ParkProvincial ParkIUCN II197015 km²
- Midland Provincial ParkProvincial ParkIUCN II19793 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20243 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20243 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20242 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20242 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20242 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20242 km²
- Privately Protected Area (NCC 20055)Privately Protected AreaIUCN IV20232 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20241 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20241 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20241 km²
- Privately Protected Area (NCC 20054)Privately Protected AreaIUCN IV20231 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20241 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20241 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20241 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20241 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20241 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20241 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20241 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20241 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20241 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20241 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20241 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20241 km²
- Privately Protected Area (NCC 20050)Privately Protected AreaIUCN IV20230 km²
- DUC Fee Simple LandsOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental OrganizationIUCN IV20240 km²
- Privately Protected Area (NCC 20052)Privately Protected AreaIUCN IV20230 km²
- Privately Protected Area (NCC 20053)Privately Protected AreaIUCN IV20230 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN
Sub-administrations24
- AcmeCommune
- ArrowwoodCommune
- CarbonCommune
- CarmangayCommune
- ChampionCommune
- DeliaCommune
- DrumhellerCommune
- HussarCommune
- Kneehill CountyCommune
- LindenCommune
- LomondCommune
- MiloCommune
- MorrinCommune
- MunsonCommune
- RockyfordCommune
- Siksika 146Commune
- StandardCommune
- Starland CountyCommune
- StrathmoreCommune
- Three HillsCommune
- TrochuCommune
- VulcanCommune
- Vulcan CountyCommune
- Wheatland CountyCommune