Marine Protected Area · usa
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
- Area
- 64 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
- Year
- 1966
Overview
- Designation
- Marine Protected Area
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
- Established
- 1966
- Managing authority
- National Park Service ; State Department of Natural Resources ; State Park and Recreation
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
3 086 distinct species · 280 789 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore : 26 espèces reliées par 64 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology3 basins · 4 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
14,1km
Lake surface here
2,14km²
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
1 782km²
Discharge in basins
0,6m³/s
Mean precip.
957mm/an
Mean T°
9,8°C
Moisture idx
-0,03
Max snow
13%
Mean runoff
306mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
198m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (4, top by area)
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- East Arm Little Calumet Riverord 3len here5.24 km40%total13 km
- Reynold's Creekord 2len here2.89 km24%total12 km
- Little Calumet Riverord 4len here1.81 km4%total45 km
- Spring Ditchord 1len here1.55 km31%total5 km
- Burns Waterwayord 4len here1.14 km30%total4 km
- Deep Riverord 3len here0.75 km2%total48 km
- Salt Creekord 3len here0.73 km1%total112 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 41.65953, -87.03324
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.