Natural Area · can
Milk River Natural Area
- Area
- 55 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Ib
- Year
- 1987
Overview
- Designation
- Natural Area
- IUCN category
- Ib · Zone de nature sauvage
Aire protégée pour la wilderness, faible accès humain
- Established
- 1987
- Managing authority
- Lands Operations Division, Alberta Forestry and Parks
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
217 distinct species · 980 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Milk River Natural Area : 21 espèces + 7 bulles famille, 39 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 10.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 7 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology1 basins · 0 lakes · 1 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
12,3km
Basins crossed
1
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
7 919km²
Mean precip.
306mm/an
Mean T°
5,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,66
Max snow
17%
Mean runoff
21mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
973m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (1, ord ≥ 4)
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
- 49.04672, -110.71825
- 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.