HydroLAKES lake · #631
Big Quill Lake
Surface area
272,89km²
Avg depth
3,3m
Volume
914,13km³
Shoreline
108,3km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Division No. 10Saskatchewan · Canada273.93 km²100.0% of lake
4 intersecting protected areas
Quill Lakes
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
272.14 km² overlap
Wildlife Habitat Protection
IUCN Not ApplicableWildlife Habitat Protection
267.26 km² overlap
Private Conservation Lands
IUCN IVPrivate Conservation Lands
2.57 km² overlap
Water Security Agency
IUCN Not ApplicableWater Security Agency
1.02 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
158 distinct species · 765 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Big Quill Lake : 19 espèces reliées par 72 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 16.6%, 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
272,89km²
Avg depth
3,3m
Volume
914,130km³
Watershed
8 685km²
Shoreline
108,3km
Shore dev. idx
1,85
Residence time
815days
Elevation
510m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.