HydroLAKES lake · #8245
Nitinat Lake
Surface area
27km²
Avg depth
75,3m
Volume
2 033,5km³
Shoreline
54,6km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Alberni-ClayoquotBritish Columbia · Canada22.79 km²84.1% of lake
- Cowichan ValleyBritish Columbia · Canada4.30 km²15.9% of lake
3 intersecting protected areas
National Park
1.08 km² overlap
National Park
0.23 km² overlap
Ecological Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
649 distinct species · 7 294 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Nitinat Lake : 28 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 85 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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
27,00km²
Avg depth
75,3m
Volume
2 033,500km³
Watershed
447km²
Shoreline
54,6km
Shore dev. idx
2,96
Residence time
703days
Elevation
6m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.