HydroLAKES lake · #579
François Lake
Surface area
253,03km²
Avg depth
76,7m
Volume
19 408,04km³
Shoreline
252,4km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Bulkley-NechakoBritish Columbia · Canada254.13 km²100.0% of lake
6 intersecting protected areas
A - Park
3.17 km² overlap
FRANCOIS LAKE PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
2.65 km² overlap
Wildlife Management Area
0.10 km² overlap
FRANCOIS LAKE PROTECTED AREA
IUCN IIProtected Area
0.03 km² overlap
Old Growth Management Areas (Mapped Legal)
IUCN Not ApplicableOld Growth Management Areas (Mapped Legal)
0.01 km² overlap
Privately Owned Conservation Area
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
996 distinct species · 6 856 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 François Lake : 25 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 61 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.3%, 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
253,03km²
Avg depth
76,7m
Volume
19 408,040km³
Watershed
3 996km²
Shoreline
252,4km
Shore dev. idx
4,48
Residence time
11 504days
Elevation
714m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.