HydroLAKES lake · #8404
Knife Lake
Surface area
21,16km²
Avg depth
18,1m
Volume
383,67km³
Shoreline
109km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- LakeMinnesota · United States15.50 km²73.1% of lake
- Rainy RiverOntario · Canada5.71 km²26.9% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Boundary Waters Canoe Area
IUCN IbWilderness
16.19 km² overlap
Provincial Park
5.16 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
95 distinct species · 187 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 45 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 Knife Lake : 39 espèces reliées par 51 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.2%, 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
21,16km²
Avg depth
18,1m
Volume
383,670km³
Watershed
2 583km²
Shoreline
109,0km
Shore dev. idx
6,69
Residence time
183days
Elevation
420m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.