Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · can
Peace-Athabasca Delta
- Area
- 4 395 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1982
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 1982
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
490 distinct species · 4 244 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 Peace-Athabasca Delta : 23 espèces + 4 bulles famille, 37 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 10.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 4 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).
Hydrology14 basins · 50 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
169,1km
Lake surface here
1 704,44km²
Basins crossed
14
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
592 765km²
Discharge in basins
1 248,3m³/s
Mean precip.
384mm/an
Mean T°
-1,6°C
Moisture idx
-0,38
Max snow
50%
Mean runoff
19mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
231m
Watersheds crossing here
- Basin #11330sub-area1 965,9 km²overlap1609.90 km²37%
- Bassin de Birch Riversub-area2 280,2 km²overlap1245.45 km²28%
- Bassin de Rivière des Rocherssub-area1 008,8 km²overlap401.69 km²9%
- Bassin de Buckton Creeksub-area1 332,6 km²overlap243.70 km²6%
- Bassin de Peace Riversub-area609,3 km²overlap190.34 km²4%
- Basin #12630sub-area1 625,5 km²overlap176.62 km²4%
- Basin #15310sub-area329,5 km²overlap127.61 km²3%
- Basin #14210sub-area145,9 km²overlap126.97 km²3%
- Bassin de Birch Riversub-area978,8 km²overlap114.19 km²3%
Lakes (50, top by area)
- Clairearea1 332,9 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Mamawi Lakearea145,6 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Baril Lakearea56,5 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake Clairearea22,5 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lake Clairearea21,6 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Hilda Lakearea21,5 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Welstead Lakearea17,8 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Otter Lakearea17,4 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lake #5235area13,6 km²avg depth2.0 m
41 more lakes
- Hilda Lakearea13,1 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lake #66152area10 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lake #67876area9 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lake Clairearea4,4 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lake #66126area4 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lake Clairearea4 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lake Clairearea4 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Jemis Lakearea3,1 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lake Clairearea2,8 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lake #66097area2,4 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lake #66299area2,4 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lake #66238area2,3 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #66614area2,3 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lake #67837area2,3 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #66254area2,3 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #67367area2,1 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lake #66060area2,1 km²avg depth3.3 m
- John Bull Slougharea2 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lake #66121area1,9 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lake #66139area1,8 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lake #66758area1,8 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lake Clairearea1,6 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #66094area1,5 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lake #66475area1,4 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lake #65994area1,4 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lake #65834area1,4 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lake #66145area1,3 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lake #67149area1,3 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lake #66071area1,3 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #67663area1,3 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lake #65552area1,2 km²avg depth3.5 m
- Lake Clairearea1,1 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake Clairearea1 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #66856area1 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #66352area1 km²avg depth0.5 m
- John Bull Slougharea1 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lac 700244area1 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 693196area1 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 696911area0,9 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 703077area0,9 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 694533area0,9 km²avg depth1.5 m
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- Rivière des Rochersord 8len here56.05 km35%total160 km
- Birch Riverord 7len here45.31 km6%total720 km
- Peace Riverord 7len here42.21 km2%total2497 km
- McIvor Riverord 3len here13.22 km7%total184 km
- Dempsey Creekord 1len here6.54 km100%total7 km
- Buckton Creekord 4len here3.81 km4%total87 km
- Slave Riverord 8len here1.93 km0%total863 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
- 58.63381, -111.95883
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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.