Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · can
Malpeque Bay
- Area
- 245 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1988
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1988
- Managing authority
- Forests, Fish and Wildlife Division Department of Agriculture and Forestry
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 141 distinct species · 23 114 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Malpeque Bay : 26 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 41 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 8.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology1 basins · 3 lakes · 12 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
11,1km
Lake surface here
3,28km²
Basins crossed
1
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
2 666km²
Discharge in basins
0,2m³/s
Mean precip.
1 096mm/an
Mean T°
5,4°C
Moisture idx
0,35
Max snow
30%
Mean runoff
740mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
23m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (3, top by area)
Rivers / streams (12, ord ≥ 4)
- Grand Riverord 2len here1.89 km15%total13 km
- Indian Riverord 1len here1.82 km34%total5 km
- Barbara Weit Riverord 1len here1.35 km20%total7 km
- Ellerslie Brookord 1len here1.13 km22%total5 km
- Hunters Creekord 1len here1.02 km42%total2 km
- Little Trout Riverord 1len here1.01 km14%total7 km
- Brooks Riverord 1len here0.90 km26%total4 km
- Mill Creekord 1len here0.83 km31%total3 km
- Mill Creekord 1len here0.44 km27%total2 km
- Black Bridge Creekord 1len here0.41 km26%total2 km
- Trout Riverord 1len here0.18 km2%total7 km
- Yeos Creekord 1len here0.16 km7%total2 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
- 46.56085, -63.77989
- 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.