HydroLAKES lake · #8693
Birch Lake
Surface area
10,64km²
Avg depth
20,1m
Volume
214,13km³
Shoreline
48,1km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- SudburyOntario · Canada10.66 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Conservation Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
98 distinct species · 310 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 : 22 espèces reliées par 65 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.3%, 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
10,64km²
Avg depth
20,1m
Volume
214,130km³
Watershed
158km²
Shoreline
48,1km
Shore dev. idx
4,16
Residence time
2 367days
Elevation
250m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.