HydroLAKES lake · #5779
Cardinal Lake
Surface area
48,82km²
Avg depth
3,6m
Volume
177,12km³
Shoreline
64,9km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Division No. 19Alberta · Canada31.80 km²64.8% of lake
- Division No. 17Alberta · Canada17.25 km²35.2% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
DUC Fee Simple Lands
IUCN IVOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental Organization
0.06 km² overlap
Lac Cardinal West
IUCN VIFee Simple Property
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
269 distinct species · 3 620 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Cardinal Lake : 15 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 59 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 18.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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
48,82km²
Avg depth
3,6m
Volume
177,120km³
Watershed
475km²
Shoreline
64,9km
Shore dev. idx
2,62
Residence time
2 214days
Elevation
640m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.