Migratory Bird Sanctuary · can
Old Wives Lake Migratory Bird Sanctuary
- Area
- 324 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 1925
Overview
- Designation
- Migratory Bird Sanctuary
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 1925
- Managing authority
- Canadian Wildlife Service, Prairie Region
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
281 distinct species · 4 303 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Old Wives Lake Migratory Bird Sanctuary : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 78 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 17.9%, 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).
Hydrology1 basins · 1 lakes · 1 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
2,8km
Lake surface here
305,05km²
Basins crossed
1
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
13 761km²
Mean precip.
372mm/an
Mean T°
3,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,55
Max snow
32%
Mean runoff
3mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
693m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (1, top by area)
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
- 50.08687, -105.95219
- 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.