HydroLAKES lake · #8298
Lake McDonald
Surface area
27,08km²
Avg depth
47,6m
Volume
1 289,13km³
Shoreline
33,5km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- FlatheadMontana · United States27.16 km²100.0% of lake
4 intersecting protected areas
Glacier
IUCN IINational Park
27.16 km² overlap
Waterton Glacier International Peace
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
27.16 km² overlap
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
27.16 km² overlap
Glacier Proposed or Recom
IUCN IbRecommended Wilderness
27.14 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
675 distinct species · 4 295 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 McDonald : 28 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 80 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 11.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
27,08km²
Avg depth
47,6m
Volume
1 289,130km³
Watershed
444km²
Shoreline
33,5km
Shore dev. idx
1,81
Residence time
3 043days
Elevation
958m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.