Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 1984
23 621 km²
Commune · CAN
East Kootenay F
Canada
DfcCold, no dry season, cold summer(59 %)
Species observed
2 229
Observations
101 367
Area
6 189,9km²
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).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de East Kootenay F : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 87 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
37
Interactions affichées
87
Connectance
0.131
Patrimoniales
1
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
2 229 distinct species · 101 367 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
0,5°C
Annual rain
930mm
Warmest m°
19,3°C
Coldest m°
-16,4°C
Elevation: 1 784 m on average (min 793 m, max 3 090 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
0,5°C
Annual rain
930mm
Warmest month
19,3°C
Coldest month
-16,4°C
Mean alt.
1 784m
Min
793m
Max
3 090m
Std. dev.
473m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
DfcCold, no dry season, cold summer(59 %)Cold
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
6,2
Org. C
38,7g/kg
Clay
15,1%
Sand
40,2%
Silt
44,7%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: scGLiMaggregated to East Kootenay
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
6,1
Org. C
54,9g/kg
Clay
14,8%
Sand
38,4%
Silt
46,8%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
6,2
Org. C
38,0g/kg
Clay
14,9%
Sand
40,4%
Silt
44,8%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
6,2
Org. C
23,2g/kg
Clay
15,5%
Sand
41,8%
Silt
42,7%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest59.2%
Crops0.1%
Built-up0.0%
Bare soil15.6%
Other (grassland, water…)25.2%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology23 basins · 29 lakes · 50 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
1 080,5km
Lake surface here
50,87km²
Basins crossed
23
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
7 251km²
Discharge in basins
207,6m³/s
Mean precip.
684mm/an
Mean T°
-0,0°C
Moisture idx
0,07
Max snow
55%
Mean runoff
402mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 806m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de White Riversub-area1 462,6 km²overlap1437.41 km²23%
- Bassin de Columbia Riversub-area1 348,1 km²overlap1307.55 km²21%
- Bassin de Findlay Creeksub-area888 km²overlap876.49 km²14%
- Bassin de Palliser Riversub-area730,3 km²overlap726.77 km²12%
- Bassin de Toby Creeksub-area673,7 km²overlap657.74 km²11%
- Bassin de Kootenay Riversub-area2 705,4 km²overlap377.82 km²6%
- Bassin de Kootenay Riversub-area326,7 km²overlap325.52 km²5%
- Bassin de Kootenay Riversub-area259,3 km²overlap260.25 km²4%
- Bassin de Skookumchuck Creeksub-area879 km²overlap144.69 km²2%
14 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Columbia Riversub-area120,5 km²overlap50.44 km²1%
- Bassin de Lussier Riversub-area741,8 km²overlap5.89 km²0%
- Bassin de Horsethief Creeksub-area630,4 km²overlap5.62 km²0%
- Bassin de Galbraith Creeksub-area1 562,5 km²overlap2.82 km²0%
- Bassin de Fry Creeksub-area639,7 km²overlap2.76 km²0%
- Bassin de Kananaskis Riversub-area955,8 km²overlap1.60 km²0%
- Bassin de Elk Riversub-area546,7 km²overlap1.19 km²0%
- Bassin de Quarrie Creeksub-area169,5 km²overlap1.05 km²0%
- Bassin de St. Mary Riversub-area2 696,8 km²overlap0.98 km²0%
- Bassin de Elk Riversub-area491,7 km²overlap0.86 km²0%
- Bassin de Spray Riversub-area736,3 km²overlap0.80 km²0%
- Bassin de Hamill Creeksub-area873,8 km²overlap0.78 km²0%
- Bassin de Glacier Creeksub-area487,2 km²overlap0.72 km²0%
- Bassin de Columbia Riversub-area678,3 km²overlap0.19 km²0%
Lakes (29, top by area)
- Columbia Lakearea24,1 km²avg depth29.8 m
- Windermere Lakearea16,2 km²avg depth23.2 m
- Whiteswan Lakearea4,1 km²avg depth28.1 m
- Whitetail Lakearea1,6 km²avg depth14.8 m
- Lac 956669area0,7 km²avg depth3.4 m
- Lac 956065area0,6 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lac 963306area0,3 km²avg depth4.1 m
- Lac 948994area0,3 km²avg depth12.2 m
- Lac 961337area0,3 km²avg depth7.9 m
20 more lakes
- Lac 949139area0,3 km²avg depth7.4 m
- Lac 952978area0,3 km²avg depth4.0 m
- Lac 953690area0,2 km²avg depth6.7 m
- Lac 954741area0,2 km²avg depth6.3 m
- Lac 953630area0,2 km²avg depth2.9 m
- Lac 957645area0,2 km²avg depth9.1 m
- Lac 953782area0,2 km²avg depth6.1 m
- Lac 950144area0,2 km²avg depth8.8 m
- Lac 960173area0,2 km²avg depth8.6 m
- Lac 959874area0,1 km²avg depth7.9 m
- Lac 950443area0,1 km²avg depth8.4 m
- Lac 953631area0,1 km²avg depth5.4 m
- Lac 961023area0,1 km²avg depth6.7 m
- Lac 962172area0,1 km²avg depth9.2 m
- Lac 952468area0,1 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Lac 962755area0,1 km²avg depth5.5 m
- Lac 953252area0,1 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 960927area0,1 km²avg depth4.6 m
- Lac 964479area0,1 km²avg depth6.4 m
- Lac 954468area0,1 km²avg depth7.9 m
Rivers / streams (50, ord ≥ 4)
- White Riverord 4len here156.40 km52%total301 km
- Kootenay Riverord 6len here137.85 km24%total570 km
- Findlay Creekord 3len here89.14 km100%total89 km
- Palliser Riverord 4len here83.70 km100%total84 km
- Columbia Riverord 8len here65.41 km2%total2971 km
- Dutch Creekord 3len here53.48 km69%total78 km
- North White Riverord 4len here51.58 km100%total52 km
- Toby Creekord 3len here47.91 km100%total48 km
- Albert Riverord 2len here35.55 km100%total35 km
- Jumbo Creekord 3len here35.20 km93%total38 km
- East White Riverord 2len here27.98 km100%total28 km
- Cross Riverord 3len here24.55 km65%total38 km
38 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Brewer Creekord 2len here23.62 km100%total24 km
- Windermere Creekord 3len here16.91 km100%total17 km
- Mineral Creekord 3len here15.18 km45%total34 km
- Êlk Creekord 2len here13.80 km100%total14 km
- Fenwick Creekord 2len here13.28 km100%total13 km
- Cochran Creekord 2len here12.32 km49%total25 km
- Bear Creekord 5len here12.02 km2%total575 km
- Joffre Creekord 2len here10.32 km100%total10 km
- Shuswap Creekord 1len here10.31 km77%total13 km
- Abel Creekord 1len here9.86 km81%total12 km
- Delphine Creekord 2len here9.62 km100%total10 km
- Middle Findlay Creekord 2len here9.32 km100%total9 km
- South Toby Creekord 1len here9.18 km100%total9 km
- Ben Abel Creekord 1len here8.56 km100%total9 km
- Queen Mary Creekord 1len here7.92 km100%total8 km
- Coppercrown Creekord 1len here7.71 km100%total8 km
- Pedley Creekord 2len here7.15 km100%total7 km
- Neave Creekord 3len here6.03 km67%total9 km
- Thorald Creekord 2len here5.91 km100%total6 km
- Elk Creekord 6len here5.82 km3%total210 km
- Whitetail Creekord 2len here5.81 km63%total9 km
- Pharaoh Creekord 2len here5.57 km100%total6 km
- Goldie Creekord 1len here5.05 km100%total5 km
- Yearling Creekord 1len here4.91 km100%total5 km
- North Windermere Creekord 1len here4.28 km100%total4 km
- Taynton Creekord 1len here4.21 km100%total4 km
- Stark Creekord 2len here4.21 km100%total4 km
- Clearwater Creekord 3len here4.08 km6%total65 km
- Little Elk Creekord 3len here3.23 km38%total9 km
- Fairmont Creekord 1len here3.07 km100%total3 km
- Springs Creekord 3len here2.98 km100%total3 km
- LeRoy Creekord 2len here2.89 km100%total3 km
- Alcantara Creekord 2len here1.99 km19%total10 km
- Laundry Creekord 1len here1.84 km100%total2 km
- Barbour Creekord 1len here0.99 km100%total1 km
- Lussier Riverord 3len here0.85 km1%total121 km
- Mitchell Riverord 3len here0.48 km2%total29 km
- Witness Creekord 1len here0.44 km101%total0 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
1,3%
Pesticides
1,2kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas42
IUCN IV · 25IUCN II · 10IUCN Not Applicable · 2IUCN Ia · 2IUCN Ib · 1IUCN III · 1IUCN Not Reported · 1🌊 Marine · 1
Wildlife Habitat Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWildlife Habitat Areas · 2019
11 793 km²
Banff National Park Of Canada
IUCN IINational Park · 1885
6 857 km²
PURCELL WILDERNESS CONSERVANCY PARK
IUCN IIA - Park · 1974
2 020 km²
Kootenay National Park Of Canada
IUCN IINational Park · 1920
1 379 km²
HEIGHT OF THE ROCKIES PARK
IUCN IIA - Park · 1995
542 km²
Complete list42 protected areas
- Canadian Rocky Mountain ParksWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)IUCN Not Applicable198423 621 km²
- Wildlife Habitat AreasWildlife Habitat AreasIUCN Not Applicable201911 793 km²
- Banff National Park Of CanadaNational ParkIUCN II18856 857 km²
- PURCELL WILDERNESS CONSERVANCY PARKA - ParkIUCN II19742 020 km²
- Kootenay National Park Of CanadaNational ParkIUCN II19201 379 km²
- HEIGHT OF THE ROCKIES PARKA - ParkIUCN II1995542 km²
- Peter Lougheed Provincial ParkProvincial ParkIUCN II1977514 km²
- ELK LAKES PARKA - ParkIUCN II1973180 km²
- COLUMBIA WETLANDS WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAWildlife Management AreaIUCN IV1996170 km²
- ST. MARY'S ALPINE PARKA - ParkIUCN Ib197393 km²
- EAST SIDE COLUMBIA LAKE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAWildlife Management AreaIUCN IV200072 km²
- Hoodoos - WestsidePrivately Owned Conservation AreaIUCN IV201939 km²
- WHITESWAN LAKE PARKA - ParkIUCN II197823 km²
- PURCELL WILDERNESS CONSERVANCY PARK CORRIDOR PROTECTED AREAProtected AreaIUCN II199620 km²
- Columbia Lake Westside - A, Sublot EPrivately Owned Conservation AreaIUCN IV201919 km²
- Privately Protected Area (NCC 60024)Privately Protected AreaIUCN IV202413 km²
- Kootenay River RanchPrivately Owned Conservation AreaIUCN IV201913 km²
- Thunder Hill RanchPrivately Owned Conservation AreaIUCN IV20194 km²
- Privately Protected Area (NCC 60021)Privately Protected AreaIUCN IV20244 km²
- Columbia Lake Westside - B, Donation, DL344Privately Owned Conservation AreaIUCN IV20193 km²
- COLUMBIA LAKE PARKA - ParkIUCN II19883 km²
- Privately Protected Area (NCC 141122)Privately Protected AreaIUCN IV20242 km²
- Marion Creek BenchlandsPrivately Owned Conservation AreaIUCN IV20192 km²
- Columbia Lake Eastside - WMAPrivately Owned Conservation AreaIUCN IV20192 km²
- WINDERMERE LAKE PARKA - ParkIUCN II19992 km²
- Privately Protected Area (NCC 1000737)Privately Protected AreaIUCN IV20241 km²
- Kootenay River Ranch - KhandalavalaPrivately Owned Conservation AreaIUCN IV20211 km²
- Privately Protected Area (NCC 142876)Privately Protected AreaIUCN IV20241 km²
- Kootenay River Ranch - KembarPrivately Owned Conservation AreaIUCN IV20211 km²
- Privately Protected Area (NCC 142880)Privately Protected AreaIUCN IV20241 km²
- Privately Protected Area (NCC 141191)Privately Protected AreaIUCN IV20241 km²
- Columbia Lake - Lot 48Privately Owned Conservation AreaIUCN IV20191 km²
- Columbia Lake North - WetlandsPrivately Owned Conservation AreaIUCN IV20231 km²
- Hoodoos - Columbia WetlandsPrivately Owned Conservation AreaIUCN IV20221 km²
- COLUMBIA LAKE ECOLOGICAL RESERVEEcological ReserveIUCN Ia19710 km²
- THUNDER HILL PARKA - ParkIUCN III19600 km²
- Columbia Lake Eastside - WMA, LemasterPrivately Owned Conservation AreaIUCN IV20190 km²
- Dutch Creek HoodoosPrivately Owned Conservation AreaIUCN IV20190 km²
- Privately Protected Area (NCC 60034)Privately Protected AreaIUCN IV20240 km²
- JAMES CHABOT PARKA - ParkIUCN Not Reported19790 km²
- MOUNT SABINE ECOLOGICAL RESERVEEcological ReserveIUCN Ia19710 km²
- Columbia Lake Eastside - Lemaster AdditionPrivately Owned Conservation AreaIUCN IV20190 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN