HydroLAKES lake · #5
Superior
Surface area
81 843,92km²
Avg depth
146,7m
Volume
12 004 000km³
Shoreline
5 248,4km
Administrative coverage
22 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake SuperiorMichigan · United States41365.02 km²50.4% of lake
- Lake SuperiorOntario · Canada28405.72 km²34.6% of lake
- Lake SuperiorMinnesota · United States6519.27 km²7.9% of lake
- Lake SuperiorWisconsin · United States5167.09 km²6.3% of lake
- Thunder BayOntario · Canada281.81 km²0.3% of lake
- AlgomaOntario · Canada71.17 km²0.1% of lake
30 intersecting protected areas
National Marine Conservation Area
10791.54 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
1648.63 km² overlap
Isle Royale
IUCN IINational Park
1530.80 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
991.82 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
499.20 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
451.51 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
341.89 km² overlap
Provincial Park
179.87 km² overlap
Provincial Park
174.65 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Marine Protected Area
108.78 km² overlap
Conservation Reserve
37.41 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
27.90 km² overlap
Provincial Park
27.27 km² overlap
Provincial Park
25.31 km² overlap
Provincial Park
24.73 km² overlap
Pictured Rocks
IUCN VNational Lakeshore
24.40 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
15.51 km² overlap
National Park
14.10 km² overlap
Provincial Park
10.41 km² overlap
Isle Royale
IUCN IbWilderness Area
6.16 km² overlap
Provincial Park
2.13 km² overlap
State Forest
1.48 km² overlap
Provincial Park
1.46 km² overlap
Gaylord Nelson
IUCN IbWilderness Area
1.40 km² overlap
NGO/Land Trust/Agency - Fee Simple Property
0.97 km² overlap
Provincial Park
0.73 km² overlap
Grand Island
IUCN VNational Recreation Area
0.62 km² overlap
Baraga State Forest Area
IUCN VState Forest
0.41 km² overlap
Privately Protected Area
0.22 km² overlap
NGO/Land Trust/Agency - Fee Simple Property
0.21 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 962 distinct species · 1 792 603 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Superior : 21 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 78 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 15.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
81 843,92km²
Avg depth
146,7m
Volume
12 004 000,000km³
Watershed
209 220km²
Shoreline
5 248,4km
Shore dev. idx
5,18
Residence time
48 410days
Elevation
179m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.