HydroLAKES lake · #99490
Balkam Lake
Surface area
2,85km²
Avg depth
4,5m
Volume
12,75km³
Shoreline
8,6km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Thunder BayOntario · Canada2.86 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
210 distinct species · 877 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Balkam Lake : 32 espèces reliées par 96 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 10.6%, 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
2,85km²
Avg depth
4,5m
Volume
12,750km³
Watershed
59km²
Shoreline
8,6km
Shore dev. idx
1,43
Residence time
234days
Elevation
306m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.