HydroLAKES lake · #110044
Benson Lake
Surface area
4,12km²
Avg depth
5,8m
Volume
23,76km³
Shoreline
38,8km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Leeds and GrenvilleOntario · Canada4.13 km²100.0% of lake
10 intersecting protected areas
Rideau Canal National Historic Site
IUCN Not ApplicableNational Historic Site
3.93 km² overlap
NGO/Land Trust/Agency - Fee Simple Property
0.04 km² overlap
Privately Protected Area
0.04 km² overlap
Privately Protected Area
0.01 km² overlap
NGO/Land Trust/Agency - Fee Simple Property
0.01 km² overlap
NGO/Land Trust/Agency - Fee Simple Property
0.01 km² overlap
NGO/Land Trust/Agency - Fee Simple Property
0.01 km² overlap
Privately Protected Area
0.01 km² overlap
Island 296 Nature Reserve
IUCN IaNGO/Land Trust/Agency - Fee Simple Property
0.00 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Queen's University Biological Station
IUCN Not ApplicableResearch Station/Outdoor Education
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 063 distinct species · 179 070 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Benson Lake : 20 espèces reliées par 63 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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
4,12km²
Avg depth
5,8m
Volume
23,760km³
Watershed
25km²
Shoreline
38,8km
Shore dev. idx
5,38
Residence time
859days
Elevation
121m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.