National Wildlife Refuge · usa
Minnesota Valley
- Area
- 42 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
Overview
- Designation
- National Wildlife Refuge
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
0 - Managing authority
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ; Natural Resources Conservation Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
693 distinct species · 74 302 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Minnesota Valley : 25 espèces reliées par 68 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology4 basins · 12 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
29,0km
Lake surface here
5,89km²
Basins crossed
4
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
51 413km²
Discharge in basins
7,7m³/s
Mean precip.
746mm/an
Mean T°
6,7°C
Moisture idx
-0,19
Max snow
23%
Mean runoff
218mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
273m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (12, top by area)
- Long Meadow Lakearea3,3 km²avg depth5.1 m
- Fisher Lakearea1 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Lac 1042854area0,9 km²avg depth4.3 m
- Lac 1043464area0,7 km²avg depth5.6 m
- Lac 1043029area0,5 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 1040665area0,4 km²avg depth3.4 m
- Lac 1042929area0,4 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 1043175area0,3 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 1042847area0,2 km²avg depth2.1 m
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- Minnesota Riverord 7len here18.25 km3%total659 km
- Sand Creekord 5len here5.52 km0%total1636 km
- Carver Creekord 4len here1.61 km4%total41 km
- West Chaska Creekord 1len here1.43 km10%total14 km
- Riley Creekord 7len here1.30 km3%total37 km
- Bluff Creekord 7len here0.70 km0%total313 km
- Bevens Creekord 3len here0.19 km0%total58 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
- 44.79551, -93.40227
- Open in maps
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.