HydroLAKES lake · #8272
Upper Des Lacs Lake
Surface area
16,72km²
Avg depth
4,7m
Volume
78,9km³
Shoreline
92,7km
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- BurkeNorth Dakota · United States9.57 km²57.1% of lake
- WardNorth Dakota · United States6.63 km²39.5% of lake
- Division No. 1Saskatchewan · Canada0.57 km²3.4% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Des Lacs
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
0.31 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
90 distinct species · 438 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 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 Des Lacs Lake : 16 espèces reliées par 60 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 23.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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
16,72km²
Avg depth
4,7m
Volume
78,900km³
Watershed
1 322km²
Shoreline
92,7km
Shore dev. idx
6,40
Residence time
1 118days
Elevation
541m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.