HydroLAKES lake · #107789
Balsam Lake
Surface area
3,08km²
Avg depth
6,9m
Volume
21,27km³
Shoreline
35,1km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- ManitoulinOntario · Canada3.09 km²100.0% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Provincial Park
3.03 km² overlap
Provincial Park
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
170 distinct species · 959 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Balsam Lake : 21 espèces reliées par 65 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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
3,08km²
Avg depth
6,9m
Volume
21,270km³
Watershed
35km²
Shoreline
35,1km
Shore dev. idx
5,63
Residence time
1 167days
Elevation
219m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.