HydroLAKES lake · #90132
Medicine Lake
Surface area
4,21km²
Avg depth
24,5m
Volume
103km³
Shoreline
16,1km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Division No. 15Alberta · Canada4.23 km²100.0% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
4.23 km² overlap
National Park
4.23 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
236 distinct species · 2 311 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 Medicine Lake : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 90 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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
4,21km²
Avg depth
24,5m
Volume
103,000km³
Watershed
756km²
Shoreline
16,1km
Shore dev. idx
2,21
Residence time
138days
Elevation
1 422m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.