HydroLAKES lake · #8968
Balsam Lake
Surface area
47,71km²
Avg depth
8,1m
Volume
388,62km³
Shoreline
84,1km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Kawartha LakesOntario · Canada47.81 km²100.0% of lake
3 intersecting protected areas
Provincial Park
0.17 km² overlap
Provincial Park
0.11 km² overlap
DeNure Wetland
IUCN IVNGO/Land Trust/Agency - Conservation Easement
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
744 distinct species · 5 434 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 Balsam Lake : 36 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 96 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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
47,71km²
Avg depth
8,1m
Volume
388,620km³
Watershed
2 038km²
Shoreline
84,1km
Shore dev. idx
3,43
Residence time
194days
Elevation
253m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.