HydroLAKES lake · #102131
Lower Waterton Lake
Surface area
1,51km²
Avg depth
6,3m
Volume
9,6km³
Shoreline
6,3km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Division No. 3Alberta · Canada1.52 km²100.0% of lake
3 intersecting protected areas
Waterton Lakes National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1.52 km² overlap
National Park
1.52 km² overlap
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1.52 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 380 distinct species · 39 909 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 Lower Waterton Lake : 17 espèces reliées par 49 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 14.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
1,51km²
Avg depth
6,3m
Volume
9,600km³
Watershed
598km²
Shoreline
6,3km
Shore dev. idx
1,45
Residence time
16days
Elevation
1 274m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.