HydroLAKES lake · #88282
Birch Lake
Surface area
8,44km²
Avg depth
2,1m
Volume
17,68km³
Shoreline
14,5km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Division No. 10Alberta · Canada8.48 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
30 distinct species · 49 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 18 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 : 16 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 13.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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
8,44km²
Avg depth
2,1m
Volume
17,680km³
Watershed
662km²
Shoreline
14,5km
Shore dev. idx
1,40
Residence time
404days
Elevation
636m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.