HydroLAKES lake · #7209
Buffalo Lake
Surface area
86,19km²
Avg depth
3,9m
Volume
338,33km³
Shoreline
104,9km
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Division No. 7Alberta · Canada50.64 km²58.5% of lake
- Division No. 10Alberta · Canada33.21 km²38.4% of lake
- Division No. 8Alberta · Canada2.68 km²3.1% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
773 distinct species · 16 329 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 Buffalo Lake : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 63 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 14.5%, 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
86,19km²
Avg depth
3,9m
Volume
338,330km³
Watershed
1 494km²
Shoreline
104,9km
Shore dev. idx
3,19
Residence time
3 456days
Elevation
775m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.