HydroLAKES lake · #8311
Medicine Lake
Surface area
33,31km²
Avg depth
3,8m
Volume
127,36km³
Shoreline
57,4km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- SheridanMontana · United States33.41 km²100.0% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Medicine Lake
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
33.41 km² overlap
National Wildlife Refuge
33.19 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
130 distinct species · 232 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Medicine Lake : 16 espèces reliées par 92 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 22.7%, 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
33,31km²
Avg depth
3,8m
Volume
127,360km³
Watershed
3 618km²
Shoreline
57,4km
Shore dev. idx
2,80
Residence time
995days
Elevation
586m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.