HydroLAKES lake · #86671
Bens Lake
Surface area
2,45km²
Avg depth
2,1m
Volume
5,07km³
Shoreline
9km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Division No. 10Alberta · Canada2.46 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
141 distinct species · 1 805 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Bens Lake : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 76 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 15.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
2,45km²
Avg depth
2,1m
Volume
5,070km³
Watershed
255km²
Shoreline
9,0km
Shore dev. idx
1,63
Residence time
435days
Elevation
595m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.