HydroLAKES lake · #8191
Upper Waterton Lake
Surface area
12,64km²
Avg depth
32,5m
Volume
410,76km³
Shoreline
36,5km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Division No. 3Alberta · Canada8.84 km²69.7% of lake
- GlacierMontana · United States3.85 km²30.3% of lake
6 intersecting protected areas
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
12.69 km² overlap
National Park
8.97 km² overlap
Waterton Lakes National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
8.57 km² overlap
Waterton Glacier International Peace
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
4.12 km² overlap
Glacier
IUCN IINational Park
3.72 km² overlap
Glacier Proposed or Recom
IUCN IbRecommended Wilderness
3.72 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 893 distinct species · 56 436 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Upper Waterton Lake : 22 espèces reliées par 66 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.5%, 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
12,64km²
Avg depth
32,5m
Volume
410,760km³
Watershed
564km²
Shoreline
36,5km
Shore dev. idx
2,90
Residence time
731days
Elevation
1 276m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.