Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · can
Quill Lakes
- Area
- 587 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1987
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 1987
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
163 distinct species · 1 190 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 Quill Lakes : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 72 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 16.6%, 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).
Hydrology9 basins · 17 lakes · 1 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
0,1km
Lake surface here
428,55km²
Basins crossed
9
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
8 685km²
Discharge in basins
10,4m³/s
Mean precip.
409mm/an
Mean T°
1,2°C
Moisture idx
-0,42
Max snow
46%
Mean runoff
16mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
558m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Quill Creeksub-area1 417,8 km²overlap189.87 km²32%
- Basin #73860sub-area628,9 km²overlap111.22 km²19%
- Basin #30410sub-area1 428,9 km²overlap94.36 km²16%
- Basin #30180sub-area1 338,3 km²overlap65.12 km²11%
- Basin #29280sub-area1 714,8 km²overlap46.86 km²8%
- Basin #28950sub-area66 km²overlap33.24 km²6%
- Basin #29020sub-area760,8 km²overlap26.14 km²4%
- Basin #29130sub-area1 328,4 km²overlap19.46 km²3%
- Basin #29120sub-area1,1 km²overlap1.15 km²0%
Lakes (17, top by area)
- Big Quill Lakearea272,9 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Little Quill Lakearea154,5 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lake #93942area3,9 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Big Quill Lakearea2,3 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lake #94165area1,7 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 913190area0,8 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 915000area0,8 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 911941area0,5 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 915650area0,3 km²avg depth1.8 m
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
- 51.89706, -104.04557
- 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.