HydroLAKES lake · #8256
Lake Whatcom
Surface area
18,64km²
Avg depth
5,1m
Volume
95km³
Shoreline
42,4km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- WhatcomWashington · United States18.69 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 000 distinct species · 43 278 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Lake Whatcom : 28 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 67 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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
18,64km²
Avg depth
5,1m
Volume
95,000km³
Watershed
141km²
Shoreline
42,4km
Shore dev. idx
2,77
Residence time
267days
Elevation
92m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.