HydroLAKES lake · #7237
Sylvan Lake
Surface area
42,38km²
Avg depth
15m
Volume
635,57km³
Shoreline
35,8km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Division No. 8Alberta · Canada42.55 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Sylvan Lake Natural Area
IUCN IVNatural Area
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
461 distinct species · 4 613 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 43 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 Sylvan Lake : 32 espèces reliées par 97 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 10.7%, 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
42,38km²
Avg depth
15,0m
Volume
635,570km³
Watershed
154km²
Shoreline
35,8km
Shore dev. idx
1,55
Residence time
21 959days
Elevation
933m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.