HydroLAKES lake · #8352
Lake Frances
Surface area
17,93km²
Avg depth
9,2m
Volume
164,1km³
Shoreline
23,5km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- PonderaMontana · United States17.98 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
177 distinct species · 4 005 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Frances : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 60 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 15.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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
17,93km²
Avg depth
9,2m
Volume
164,100km³
Watershed
44km²
Shoreline
23,5km
Shore dev. idx
1,57
Residence time
20 645days
Elevation
1 159m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.