Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 1984
23 621 km²
Commune · CAN
Improvement District No. 12
Canada
ETPolar, tundra(62 %)
Species observed
4 644
Observations
98 698
Area
10 258,2km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 43 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).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Improvement District No. 12 : 31 espèces reliées par 109 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 11.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
45
Interactions affichées
109
Connectance
0.110
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
4 644 distinct species · 98 698 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
-3,5°C
Annual rain
925mm
Warmest m°
14,7°C
Coldest m°
-18,8°C
Elevation: 2 028 m on average (min 987 m, max 3 326 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
-3,5°C
Annual rain
925mm
Warmest month
14,7°C
Coldest month
-18,8°C
Mean alt.
2 028m
Min
987m
Max
3 326m
Std. dev.
387m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
ETPolar, tundra(62 %)Polar
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Hydrology29 basins · 50 lakes · 98 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
1 896,8km
Lake surface here
70,61km²
Basins crossed
29
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
9 261km²
Discharge in basins
356,8m³/s
Mean precip.
628mm/an
Mean T°
-1,6°C
Moisture idx
0,12
Max snow
67%
Mean runoff
414mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 977m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Athabasca Riversub-area2 366,7 km²overlap1798.33 km²18%
- Bassin de Snake Indian Riversub-area1 644,5 km²overlap1639.51 km²16%
- Bassin de Brazeau Riversub-area2 063,9 km²overlap1082.12 km²11%
- Bassin de Rocky Riversub-area1 128,2 km²overlap1077.87 km²11%
- Bassin de Maligne Riversub-area899,1 km²overlap803.64 km²8%
- Bassin de Snaring Riversub-area1 028 km²overlap793.25 km²8%
- Bassin de Athabasca Riversub-area812,8 km²overlap790.37 km²8%
- Bassin de Smoky Riversub-area1 302,5 km²overlap741.26 km²7%
- Bassin de Sunwapta Riversub-area742,9 km²overlap737.20 km²7%
20 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Fiddle Riversub-area290,1 km²overlap246.78 km²2%
- Bassin de Athabasca Riversub-area233 km²overlap229.50 km²2%
- Bassin de Wildhay Riversub-area2 591,4 km²overlap201.98 km²2%
- Bassin de Holmes Riversub-area810,6 km²overlap18.52 km²0%
- Bassin de North Saskatchewan Riversub-area271,1 km²overlap17.82 km²0%
- Bassin de Athabasca Riversub-area102,9 km²overlap13.39 km²0%
- Bassin de Athabasca Riversub-area12,3 km²overlap12.37 km²0%
- Bassin de Cardinal Riversub-area491,6 km²overlap10.63 km²0%
- Bassin de Fraser Riversub-area1 039,3 km²overlap10.11 km²0%
- Bassin de Wood Riversub-area972,2 km²overlap6.61 km²0%
- Bassin de Moose Riversub-area460,6 km²overlap4.99 km²0%
- Bassin de Jackpine Riversub-area751,3 km²overlap4.93 km²0%
- Bassin de McLeod Riversub-area2 572,4 km²overlap3.89 km²0%
- Bassin de Canoe Riversub-area633,4 km²overlap3.42 km²0%
- Bassin de Sullivan Riversub-area632,5 km²overlap2.72 km²0%
- Bassin de Fraser Riversub-area861,9 km²overlap2.67 km²0%
- Bassin de Chatter Creeksub-area1 632,2 km²overlap1.70 km²0%
- Bassin de Sulphur Riversub-area854,6 km²overlap1.44 km²0%
- Bassin de Solomon Creeksub-area192,1 km²overlap0.70 km²0%
- Bassin de Cline Riversub-area856,9 km²overlap0.48 km²0%
Lakes (50, top by area)
- Maligne Lakearea20,5 km²avg depth41.8 m
- Jasper Lakearea11,4 km²avg depth11.0 m
- Fortress Lakearea8,7 km²avg depth32.3 m
- Amethyst Lakesarea4,6 km²avg depth8.9 m
- Medicine Lakearea4,2 km²avg depth24.5 m
- Talbot Lakearea3,5 km²avg depth7.4 m
- Twintree Lakearea3,4 km²avg depth21.7 m
- Brazeau Lakearea2,8 km²avg depth15.7 m
- Lake #88657area1,5 km²avg depth6.7 m
41 more lakes
- Southesk Lakearea1,4 km²avg depth13.6 m
- Lake #93048area1,2 km²avg depth20.4 m
- Topaz Lakearea1,1 km²avg depth12.3 m
- Lac 889363area0,9 km²avg depth9.0 m
- Lac 899563area0,8 km²avg depth11.2 m
- Lac 894252area0,8 km²avg depth10.2 m
- Lac 868383area0,6 km²avg depth6.7 m
- Lac 873848area0,5 km²avg depth10.4 m
- Lac 875145area0,5 km²avg depth7.9 m
- Lac 897300area0,5 km²avg depth6.3 m
- Lac 894103area0,5 km²avg depth4.8 m
- Lac 865051area0,5 km²avg depth6.0 m
- Lac 879268area0,5 km²avg depth9.3 m
- Lac 873581area0,4 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 873236area0,4 km²avg depth6.4 m
- Lac 877756area0,4 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 874192area0,4 km²avg depth6.9 m
- Lac 878543area0,4 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 866304area0,4 km²avg depth6.3 m
- Lac 888258area0,4 km²avg depth7.0 m
- Lac 866653area0,4 km²avg depth6.1 m
- Lac 897696area0,4 km²avg depth9.7 m
- Lac 892431area0,3 km²avg depth9.3 m
- Lac 892486area0,3 km²avg depth9.4 m
- Lac 874191area0,3 km²avg depth5.3 m
- Lac 895777area0,3 km²avg depth7.8 m
- Lac 895511area0,3 km²avg depth9.7 m
- Lac 888239area0,3 km²avg depth5.8 m
- Lac 892322area0,3 km²avg depth9.0 m
- Lac 878270area0,3 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Lac 883965area0,3 km²avg depth7.2 m
- Lac 898003area0,3 km²avg depth9.0 m
- Lac 869210area0,3 km²avg depth4.9 m
- Lac 891752area0,3 km²avg depth7.1 m
- Lac 877628area0,3 km²avg depth5.2 m
- Lac 887940area0,2 km²avg depth6.0 m
- Lac 873006area0,2 km²avg depth6.4 m
- Lac 894511area0,2 km²avg depth8.7 m
- Lac 868230area0,2 km²avg depth6.6 m
- Lac 890622area0,2 km²avg depth9.2 m
- Lac 903799area0,2 km²avg depth6.0 m
Rivers / streams (98, ord ≥ 4)
- Snake Indian Riverord 4len here226.94 km100%total226 km
- Athabasca Riverord 7len here163.34 km7%total2433 km
- Maligne Riverord 3len here116.42 km86%total135 km
- Snaring Riverord 4len here94.48 km93%total102 km
- Sunwapta Riverord 5len here89.21 km100%total89 km
- Smoky Riverord 6len here82.32 km10%total813 km
- Rocky Riverord 3len here78.63 km100%total78 km
- Whirlpool Riverord 4len here64.22 km100%total64 km
- Fiddle Riverord 2len here43.19 km82%total53 km
- Brazeau Riverord 5len here42.95 km11%total391 km
- Chaba Riverord 3len here40.52 km100%total40 km
- North West Brazeau Riverord 2len here39.85 km88%total45 km
86 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Southesk Riverord 3len here36.30 km89%total41 km
- Medicine Tent Riverord 3len here32.68 km100%total33 km
- Poboktan Creekord 3len here31.84 km100%total32 km
- Lick Creekord 3len here30.75 km66%total47 km
- Rock Creekord 2len here27.22 km72%total38 km
- Simon Creekord 3len here25.32 km100%total25 km
- Blue Creekord 2len here25.05 km100%total25 km
- Mowitch Creekord 1len here22.23 km100%total22 km
- Alpland Creekord 2len here22.03 km100%total22 km
- Middle Whirlpool Riverord 3len here18.71 km100%total19 km
- Jonas Creekord 1len here18.04 km100%total18 km
- Ranger Creekord 5len here17.61 km100%total18 km
- Makwa Creekord 3len here17.46 km100%total17 km
- Miette Riverord 4len here16.29 km32%total50 km
- Meadow Creekord 3len here16.28 km35%total46 km
- Divergence Creekord 2len here16.01 km100%total16 km
- Chown Creekord 3len here15.37 km100%total15 km
- Astoria Riverord 3len here14.69 km71%total21 km
- Isaac Creekord 2len here14.67 km100%total15 km
- Moosehorn Creekord 2len here13.63 km36%total38 km
- Derr Creekord 3len here12.82 km47%total27 km
- Dromore Creekord 1len here12.02 km100%total12 km
- Calumet Creekord 2len here11.92 km100%total12 km
- Cairn Riverord 2len here11.82 km100%total12 km
- Fryatt Creekord 1len here11.00 km100%total11 km
- Beauty Creekord 2len here10.41 km100%total10 km
- Geraldine Creekord 1len here10.41 km100%total10 km
- Restless Riverord 1len here10.06 km100%total10 km
- Helmet Creekord 2len here10.02 km100%total10 km
- Lynx Creekord 2len here9.99 km21%total47 km
- Jacques Creekord 1len here9.92 km99%total10 km
- John-John Creekord 1len here9.43 km100%total9 km
- Catacombs Creekord 2len here9.10 km100%total9 km
- Vine Creekord 1len here8.79 km100%total9 km
- Campus Creekord 2len here8.71 km100%total9 km
- Osborne Creekord 1len here8.67 km100%total9 km
- Poligne Creekord 2len here8.49 km100%total8 km
- Coronet Creekord 1len here8.19 km100%total8 km
- Hardisty Creekord 5len here7.95 km32%total25 km
- Warwick Creekord 2len here7.59 km100%total8 km
- Habel Creekord 3len here7.22 km100%total7 km
- Carcajou Creekord 2len here7.16 km22%total33 km
- Kephala Creekord 2len here6.78 km100%total7 km
- Corral Creekord 2len here6.44 km57%total11 km
- Excelsior Creekord 1len here6.38 km100%total6 km
- Wilcox Creekord 2len here6.33 km100%total6 km
- Maccarib Creekord 1len here6.23 km100%total6 km
- Tangle Creekord 1len here6.12 km100%total6 km
- Cobblestone Creekord 1len here5.90 km100%total6 km
- Crescent Creekord 2len here5.66 km100%total6 km
- Woolley Creekord 1len here5.55 km100%total6 km
- Verdant Creekord 2len here5.54 km100%total6 km
- Clairvaux Creekord 1len here5.52 km52%total11 km
- Nashan Creekord 2len here5.49 km42%total13 km
- Dome Creekord 4len here5.35 km27%total20 km
- Beatty Creekord 1len here5.24 km100%total5 km
- Balinhard Creekord 2len here5.08 km100%total5 km
- Coronach Creekord 1len here5.06 km100%total5 km
- Dragon Creekord 1len here5.02 km100%total5 km
- Portal Creekord 2len here4.97 km28%total18 km
- Ross Cox Creekord 1len here4.89 km100%total5 km
- South Isaac Creekord 1len here4.82 km100%total5 km
- North Isaac Creekord 1len here4.62 km100%total5 km
- Climax Creekord 3len here4.36 km100%total4 km
- Mountain Creekord 2len here4.35 km22%total20 km
- Eremite Creekord 2len here3.71 km100%total4 km
- Morro Creekord 5len here3.68 km81%total5 km
- Willow Creekord 4len here3.28 km23%total14 km
- Sulphur Creekord 2len here3.17 km10%total31 km
- Ashlar Creekord 1len here3.15 km100%total3 km
- Minaga Creekord 1len here3.10 km19%total17 km
- Cavell Creekord 1len here2.83 km100%total3 km
- Slide Creekord 1len here2.71 km100%total3 km
- Merlin Creekord 3len here2.44 km100%total2 km
- Girvan Creekord 2len here2.36 km100%total2 km
- Delphinium Creekord 1len here2.36 km100%total2 km
- Grizzly Creekord 3len here2.09 km100%total2 km
- Moat Creekord 1len here1.89 km100%total2 km
- Deception Creekord 1len here1.82 km100%total2 km
- Penstock Creekord 1len here1.81 km100%total2 km
- Capitol Creekord 1len here1.37 km100%total1 km
- Breccia Creekord 1len here1.28 km100%total1 km
- Utopia Creekord 1len here1.16 km100%total1 km
- Spindly Creekord 1len here0.81 km101%total1 km
- Four Point Creekord 2len here0.13 km8%total2 km
- Carcajou Creekord 2len here≈ tangenttotal4 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Protected areas9
IUCN II · 4IUCN Ib · 3IUCN Not Applicable · 1IUCN Ia · 1
Jasper National Park Of Canada
IUCN IINational Park · 1907
11 235 km²
Banff National Park Of Canada
IUCN IINational Park · 1885
6 857 km²
Willmore Wilderness Park
IUCN IbWilderness Park · 1959
4 602 km²
MOUNT ROBSON PARK
IUCN IIA - Park · 1913
2 259 km²
White Goat Wilderness Area
IUCN IaWilderness Area · 1965
446 km²
Complete list9 protected areas
- Canadian Rocky Mountain ParksWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)IUCN Not Applicable198423 621 km²
- Jasper National Park Of CanadaNational ParkIUCN II190711 235 km²
- Banff National Park Of CanadaNational ParkIUCN II18856 857 km²
- Willmore Wilderness ParkWilderness ParkIUCN Ib19594 602 km²
- MOUNT ROBSON PARKA - ParkIUCN II19132 259 km²
- White Goat Wilderness AreaWilderness AreaIUCN Ia1965446 km²
- Rock Lake - Solomon Creek Wildland Provincial ParkWildland Provincial ParkIUCN Ib2000332 km²
- HAMBER PARKA - ParkIUCN II1941252 km²
- Whitehorse Wildland Provincial ParkWildland Provincial ParkIUCN Ib1998174 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN