HydroLAKES lake · #8244
Cowichan Lake
Surface area
62,2km²
Avg depth
49,7m
Volume
3 092,27km³
Shoreline
99,4km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Cowichan ValleyBritish Columbia · Canada62.40 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
GORDON BAY PARK
IUCN Not ReportedA - Park
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 651 distinct species · 16 616 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 Cowichan Lake : 29 espèces reliées par 92 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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
62,20km²
Avg depth
49,7m
Volume
3 092,270km³
Watershed
598km²
Shoreline
99,4km
Shore dev. idx
3,55
Residence time
946days
Elevation
168m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.