UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · usa
Waterton Glacier International Peace
IUCN Not Applicable4 382 km²Established 1976
Key facts
- Area
- 4 382 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 1976
Overview
- Designation
- UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
- Established
- 1976
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
4 364 distinct species · 290 724 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Waterton Glacier International Peace : 21 espèces reliées par 65 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
33
Interactions affichées
65
Connectance
0.123
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology14 basins · 50 lakes · 100 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
1 084,7km
Lake surface here
94,35km²
Basins crossed
14
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
7 127km²
Discharge in basins
98,1m³/s
Mean precip.
651mm/an
Mean T°
2,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,14
Max snow
52%
Mean runoff
464mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 656m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Middle Fork Flathead Riversub-area2 934,2 km²overlap1472.22 km²34%
- Bassin de North Fork Flathead Riversub-area2 083,5 km²overlap922.47 km²21%
- Bassin de Saint Mary Riversub-area1 337,4 km²overlap718.87 km²16%
- Bassin de Waterton Riversub-area392,6 km²overlap255.17 km²6%
- Bassin de Belly Riversub-area1 268,8 km²overlap236.97 km²5%
- Bassin de Two Medicine Riversub-area320,2 km²overlap225.27 km²5%
- Bassin de Camas Creeksub-area212,9 km²overlap213.52 km²5%
- Bassin de Cut Bank Creeksub-area778,1 km²overlap163.48 km²4%
- Bassin de North Fork Flathead Riversub-area406 km²overlap78.09 km²2%
5 more basinssorted by overlap
Lakes (50, top by area)
- Lake McDonaldarea27,1 km²avg depth47.6 m
- Saint Mary Lakearea15 km²avg depth37.8 m
- Upper Waterton Lakearea12,6 km²avg depth32.5 m
- Bowman Lakearea7 km²avg depth31.6 m
- Kintla Lakearea6,9 km²avg depth25.5 m
- Logging Lakearea4,3 km²avg depth19.6 m
- Lake Sherburnearea3,9 km²avg depth20.4 m
- Quartz Lakearea3,3 km²avg depth24.6 m
- Lower Two Medicine Lakearea2,9 km²avg depth10.8 m
41 more lakes
- Upper Kintla Lakearea1,7 km²avg depth17.7 m
- Two Medicine Lakearea1,6 km²avg depth13.8 m
- Harrison Lakearea1,5 km²avg depth21.6 m
- Cameron Lakearea1,5 km²avg depth22.0 m
- Lac 988989area1 km²avg depth10.5 m
- Lac 985281area0,9 km²avg depth7.2 m
- Lac 990285area0,8 km²avg depth11.0 m
- Lac 985709area0,8 km²avg depth8.2 m
- Lac 985100area0,8 km²avg depth7.4 m
- Lac 989201area0,7 km²avg depth9.6 m
- Lac 992410area0,6 km²avg depth5.9 m
- Lac 986517area0,6 km²avg depth10.1 m
- Lac 986916area0,6 km²avg depth16.2 m
- Lac 987179area0,6 km²avg depth7.9 m
- Lac 987453area0,5 km²avg depth8.9 m
- Lac 992345area0,5 km²avg depth9.6 m
- Lac 984066area0,5 km²avg depth10.0 m
- Lac 989462area0,5 km²avg depth6.9 m
- Lac 989851area0,4 km²avg depth8.7 m
- Lac 987187area0,4 km²avg depth6.3 m
- Lac 984584area0,3 km²avg depth11.3 m
- Lac 984077area0,3 km²avg depth11.0 m
- Lac 984833area0,3 km²avg depth10.0 m
- Lac 984214area0,3 km²avg depth9.7 m
- Lac 987360area0,3 km²avg depth7.1 m
- Lac 987721area0,3 km²avg depth8.0 m
- Lac 989409area0,3 km²avg depth5.8 m
- Lac 985303area0,3 km²avg depth8.2 m
- Lac 987925area0,3 km²avg depth9.7 m
- Lac 988671area0,2 km²avg depth7.6 m
- Lac 987251area0,2 km²avg depth5.9 m
- Lac 992195area0,2 km²avg depth8.5 m
- Lac 986657area0,2 km²avg depth8.8 m
- Lac 988269area0,2 km²avg depth4.3 m
- Lac 991450area0,2 km²avg depth9.2 m
- Lac 986143area0,2 km²avg depth5.5 m
- Lac 986007area0,2 km²avg depth7.9 m
- Lac 991612area0,2 km²avg depth8.1 m
- Lac 990756area0,2 km²avg depth7.5 m
- Lac 983712area0,2 km²avg depth9.2 m
- Lac 989419area0,2 km²avg depth8.3 m
Rivers / streams (100, ord ≥ 4)
- North Fork Flathead Riverord 4len here84.53 km38%total220 km
- Middle Fork Flathead Riverord 4len here64.98 km47%total140 km
- Nyack Creekord 2len here39.16 km100%total39 km
- McDonald Creekord 3len here36.11 km46%total79 km
- Camas Creekord 5len here31.01 km11%total278 km
- Saint Mary Riverord 5len here28.68 km12%total240 km
- Park Creekord 3len here27.08 km45%total60 km
- Quartz Creekord 6len here26.32 km12%total227 km
- Ole Creekord 2len here26.07 km85%total31 km
- Coal Creekord 3len here25.54 km14%total180 km
- Kintla Creekord 2len here25.03 km100%total25 km
- Logging Creekord 2len here24.21 km100%total24 km
88 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Swiftcurrent Creekord 2len here21.68 km70%total31 km
- Belly Riverord 5len here20.80 km8%total256 km
- Anaconda Creekord 2len here20.37 km96%total21 km
- Akokala Creekord 2len here19.77 km100%total20 km
- North Fork Cut Bank Creekord 2len here19.52 km57%total34 km
- Lincoln Creekord 2len here19.11 km76%total25 km
- Waterton Riverord 5len here18.59 km10%total186 km
- Red Eagle Creekord 2len here17.67 km100%total18 km
- Dutch Creekord 3len here17.55 km23%total78 km
- Bowman Creekord 2len here17.48 km21%total83 km
- Harrison Creekord 4len here16.76 km47%total36 km
- Divide Creekord 1len here13.62 km100%total14 km
- Mud Creekord 2len here13.34 km29%total46 km
- Pinchot Creekord 5len here13.31 km78%total17 km
- Boulder Creekord 1len here13.26 km77%total17 km
- Starvation Creekord 4len here12.67 km57%total22 km
- Two Medicine Riverord 5len here12.07 km7%total161 km
- Kennedy Creekord 4len here11.75 km9%total128 km
- Two Medicine Creekord 2len here11.00 km100%total11 km
- Valentine Creekord 3len here10.78 km100%total11 km
- Flathead Riverord 5len here10.71 km5%total238 km
- Boundary Creekord 2len here10.39 km19%total56 km
- Mokowanis Riverord 2len here9.93 km100%total10 km
- Numa Creekord 2len here9.82 km55%total18 km
- North Fork Belly Riverord 2len here9.68 km60%total16 km
- Midvale Creekord 3len here9.57 km66%total14 km
- Muir Creekord 2len here9.47 km80%total12 km
- Kishenehn Creekord 4len here9.06 km40%total23 km
- Mineral Creekord 3len here8.35 km25%total34 km
- Olson Creekord 1len here8.23 km100%total8 km
- Lake Creekord 6len here7.86 km3%total262 km
- Cummings Creekord 4len here7.73 km15%total51 km
- Dry Forkord 4len here7.55 km3%total280 km
- Walton Creekord 2len here7.49 km61%total12 km
- McGee Creekord 2len here7.40 km43%total17 km
- Snyder Creekord 2len here7.36 km42%total18 km
- Cataract Creekord 3len here6.92 km11%total64 km
- South Fork Cut Bank Creekord 2len here6.52 km32%total20 km
- Spruce Creekord 4len here5.86 km14%total43 km
- Parke Creekord 3len here5.51 km22%total25 km
- Railroad Creekord 2len here5.47 km26%total21 km
- Street Creekord 3len here5.41 km93%total6 km
- Otatso Creekord 1len here5.41 km35%total16 km
- Reynolds Creekord 2len here5.39 km100%total5 km
- Rose Creekord 5len here5.39 km5%total119 km
- Avalanche Creekord 2len here5.18 km40%total13 km
- Fish Creekord 4len here4.91 km3%total153 km
- Medicine Owl Creekord 1len here4.89 km100%total5 km
- Paradise Creekord 3len here4.68 km3%total142 km
- Canyon Creekord 2len here4.63 km13%total35 km
- Fern Creekord 4len here4.53 km32%total14 km
- Howe Creekord 3len here4.46 km33%total13 km
- Continental Creekord 1len here4.45 km100%total4 km
- Longfellow Creekord 1len here4.27 km100%total4 km
- Dickey Creekord 2len here3.83 km14%total28 km
- Peril Creekord 1len here3.79 km100%total4 km
- Sprague Creekord 1len here3.67 km100%total4 km
- Wilbur Creekord 1len here3.57 km46%total8 km
- South Fork Milk Riverord 2len here3.51 km8%total44 km
- Thompson Creekord 3len here3.42 km8%total41 km
- Pyramid Creekord 1len here3.38 km100%total3 km
- Rubideau Creekord 1len here3.38 km100%total3 km
- Virginia Creekord 1len here3.24 km100%total3 km
- Great Bear Creekord 2len here3.20 km64%total5 km
- Jefferson Creekord 2len here3.09 km9%total35 km
- Pacific Creekord 3len here3.05 km8%total39 km
- Long Bow Creekord 1len here3.05 km100%total3 km
- Hidden Creekord 1len here3.05 km17%total18 km
- Wild Creekord 3len here3.04 km100%total3 km
- Siyeh Creekord 1len here2.73 km100%total3 km
- Atlantic Creekord 2len here2.62 km15%total18 km
- Bear Creekord 5len here2.61 km0%total575 km
- Logan Creekord 3len here2.49 km4%total71 km
- Autumn Creekord 2len here2.41 km49%total5 km
- Red Medicine Bow Creekord 1len here2.27 km100%total2 km
- Tunnel Creekord 3len here2.27 km23%total10 km
- Ford Creekord 4len here2.18 km100%total2 km
- Kootenai Creekord 1len here2.16 km100%total2 km
- Baring Creekord 1len here2.00 km100%total2 km
- Stanton Creekord 1len here1.94 km22%total9 km
- Kipp Creekord 1len here1.93 km100%total2 km
- Paola Creekord 1len here1.92 km28%total7 km
- Kaina Creekord 1len here1.87 km100%total2 km
- Rainbow Creekord 3len here1.85 km8%total24 km
- Agassiz Creekord 1len here1.80 km100%total2 km
- Ousel Creekord 4len here1.71 km100%total2 km
- Stimson Creekord 1len here1.71 km100%total2 km
- North Kintla Creekord 1len here1.64 km66%total2 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
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- Centroid
- 48.60964, -113.72597
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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.