HydroLAKES lake · #8450
Birch Lake
Surface area
25,7km²
Avg depth
1,9m
Volume
48,9km³
Shoreline
119km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Saint LouisMinnesota · United States17.05 km²66.1% of lake
- LakeMinnesota · United States8.73 km²33.9% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
United States Of America
IUCN VConservation Easement
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
235 distinct species · 904 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 Birch Lake : 33 espèces reliées par 86 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.3%, 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
25,70km²
Avg depth
1,9m
Volume
48,900km³
Watershed
2 390km²
Shoreline
119,0km
Shore dev. idx
6,62
Residence time
16days
Elevation
429m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.