HydroLAKES lake · #8409
Birch Lake
Surface area
11,43km²
Avg depth
10,7m
Volume
122,64km³
Shoreline
71,9km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- LakeMinnesota · United States10.73 km²93.6% of lake
- Rainy RiverOntario · Canada0.73 km²6.4% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Boundary Waters Canoe Area
IUCN IbWilderness
7.72 km² overlap
Provincial Park
1.43 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
517 distinct species · 6 296 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 44 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 Birch Lake : 35 espèces reliées par 86 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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
11,43km²
Avg depth
10,7m
Volume
122,640km³
Watershed
3 422km²
Shoreline
71,9km
Shore dev. idx
6,00
Residence time
42days
Elevation
407m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.