Wildlife Area Complex · usa
Swanson Lakes-Sherman Creek
- Area
- 129 km²
- IUCN cat.
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Overview
- Designation
- Wildlife Area Complex
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
0 - Managing authority
- State Fish and Wildlife
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
191 distinct species · 1 194 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Swanson Lakes-Sherman Creek : 25 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 108 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 16.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology12 basins · 6 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
21,9km
Lake surface here
1,80km²
Basins crossed
12
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
173 021km²
Discharge in basins
230,6m³/s
Mean precip.
387mm/an
Mean T°
7,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,59
Max snow
42%
Mean runoff
136mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
760m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Lake Creeksub-area457,8 km²overlap37.45 km²29%
- Bassin de Crab Creeksub-area326,1 km²overlap33.68 km²26%
- Bassin de Sherman Creeksub-area333,7 km²overlap25.86 km²20%
- Bassin de Little Spokane Riversub-area2 208,2 km²overlap11.24 km²9%
- Bassin de Rock Creeksub-area2 510,5 km²overlap9.22 km²7%
- Bassin de Canniwai Creeksub-area363 km²overlap4.66 km²4%
- Bassin de Columbia Riversub-area2 482,6 km²overlap2.22 km²2%
- Bassin de West Branch LeClerc Creeksub-area229,6 km²overlap1.24 km²1%
- Bassin de Spokane Riversub-area1 754,8 km²overlap1.11 km²1%
Lakes (6, top by area)
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- Sherman Creekord 4len here8.61 km11%total75 km
- West Branch Little Spokane Riverord 3len here3.59 km15%total24 km
- Beaver Creekord 5len here2.70 km1%total403 km
- Rock Creekord 6len here1.97 km0%total1142 km
- Imbler Creekord 4len here1.95 km6%total35 km
- West Branch LeClerc Creekord 2len here1.89 km9%total21 km
- Pend Oreille Riverord 6len here1.15 km0%total291 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
- 48.60417, -118.17686
- 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.