Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · can
Whooping Crane Summer Range
- Area
- 16 225 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
714 distinct species · 5 138 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Whooping Crane Summer Range : 24 espèces + 2 bulles famille, 23 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 7.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 2 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).
Hydrology42 basins · 50 lakes · 13 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
1 134,5km
Lake surface here
863,92km²
Basins crossed
42
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
893 107km²
Discharge in basins
656,1m³/s
Mean precip.
347mm/an
Mean T°
-3,2°C
Moisture idx
-0,36
Max snow
58%
Mean runoff
26mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
256m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Sass Riversub-area2 701,3 km²overlap2716.56 km²17%
- Bassin de Nyarling Riversub-area2 035,9 km²overlap2047.54 km²13%
- Bassin de Little Buffalo Riversub-area1 562,4 km²overlap1571.12 km²10%
- Bassin de Copp Riversub-area1 385,6 km²overlap1393.46 km²9%
- Bassin de Little Buffalo Riversub-area926,4 km²overlap931.21 km²6%
- Bassin de Buffalo Riversub-area1 596,7 km²overlap779.46 km²5%
- Bassin de Little Buffalo Riversub-area933,2 km²overlap702.81 km²4%
- Bassin de Little Buffalo Riversub-area948 km²overlap677.81 km²4%
- Bassin de Buffalo Riversub-area2 211 km²overlap641.61 km²4%
33 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Seton Creeksub-area558,5 km²overlap561.54 km²3%
- Bassin de Salt Riversub-area398 km²overlap396.45 km²2%
- Bassin de Buffalo Riversub-area385,2 km²overlap378.02 km²2%
- Bassin de Little Buffalo Riversub-area373,5 km²overlap375.60 km²2%
- Bassin de Little Buffalo Riversub-area427,8 km²overlap312.07 km²2%
- Bassin de Brine Creeksub-area376,2 km²overlap275.73 km²2%
- Bassin de Little Buffalo Riversub-area330,5 km²overlap269.70 km²2%
- Bassin de Buffalo Riversub-area2 199,8 km²overlap235.44 km²1%
- Bassin de Little Buffalo Riversub-area234,3 km²overlap227.07 km²1%
- Bassin de Little Buffalo Riversub-area414,8 km²overlap205.36 km²1%
- Bassin de Yates Riversub-area287,2 km²overlap200.64 km²1%
- Bassin de Little Buffalo Riversub-area393,6 km²overlap200.40 km²1%
- Bassin de Buffalo Riversub-area269,6 km²overlap178.87 km²1%
- Bassin de Little Buffalo Riversub-area336 km²overlap176.77 km²1%
- Basin #99170sub-area161,2 km²overlap135.84 km²1%
- Bassin de Little Buffalo Riversub-area128,6 km²overlap129.29 km²1%
- Bassin de Little Buffalo Riversub-area1 634,8 km²overlap104.63 km²1%
- Bassin de Little Buffalo Riversub-area280,1 km²overlap90.73 km²1%
- Basin #38260sub-area1 152,7 km²overlap90.08 km²1%
- Basin #87100sub-area828,1 km²overlap52.23 km²0%
- Basin #38600sub-area1 149,5 km²overlap35.92 km²0%
- Bassin de Salt Riversub-area396,7 km²overlap35.41 km²0%
- Bassin de Yates Riversub-area54,6 km²overlap34.33 km²0%
- Bassin de Salt Riversub-area910,3 km²overlap15.67 km²0%
- Bassin de Brine Creeksub-area71,9 km²overlap14.96 km²0%
- Bassin de Whitesand Riversub-area3 691,3 km²overlap10.77 km²0%
- Basin #99330sub-area357,4 km²overlap9.78 km²0%
- Bassin de Buffalo Riversub-area1 718,3 km²overlap3.15 km²0%
- Bassin de Whitesand Riversub-area2,9 km²overlap2.60 km²0%
- Basin #71000sub-area1 100,3 km²overlap1.76 km²0%
- Bassin de Snake Creeksub-area923,8 km²overlap1.30 km²0%
- Bassin de Jackfish Riversub-area1 135 km²overlap1.01 km²0%
- Bassin de Yates Riversub-area275,6 km²overlap0.02 km²0%
Lakes (50, top by area)
- Buffaloarea553,2 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Copp Lakearea74 km²avg depth5.4 m
- Thultue Lakearea21,2 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lake #4889area20,6 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lake #4628area14,4 km²avg depth3.9 m
- Robertson Lakearea12,9 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Lake #4898area12,6 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Conibear Lakearea11,3 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Kilome Lakearea11,2 km²avg depth1.8 m
41 more lakes
- Lake #59870area9,5 km²avg depth11.2 m
- Sass Lakearea9,1 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lake #61653area8,4 km²avg depth4.7 m
- Lake #61603area8,3 km²avg depth3.5 m
- Upland Lakearea8 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Arrowhead Lakearea7,2 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lake #59516area6,5 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Lake #63143area6,1 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lake #61544area5,5 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lake #61827area5,1 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lake #61058area4,7 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Hawkes Lakearea4,7 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lake #59639area4,6 km²avg depth4.1 m
- Lake #61284area4,5 km²avg depth3.6 m
- Lake #61431area4,1 km²avg depth4.5 m
- Lake #60041area3,8 km²avg depth5.8 m
- Lake #61166area3,2 km²avg depth4.8 m
- Lake #61717area3 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Sandy Lakearea2,9 km²avg depth10.0 m
- Lake #61095area2,8 km²avg depth5.1 m
- Lake #61088area2,8 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lake #61885area2,6 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lake #61246area2,6 km²avg depth4.2 m
- Lake #61440area2,6 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lake #61537area2,4 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lake #61435area2,4 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Needle Lakearea2,3 km²avg depth3.9 m
- Lake #62061area2,3 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Lake #61485area2,3 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lake #59623area2,2 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lake #62608area2,2 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Skillet Lakearea2,1 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lake #62007area2 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lake #63332area1,9 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Conibear Lakearea1,9 km²avg depth2.9 m
- Lake #62472area1,9 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lake #62703area1,8 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Higgins Lakearea1,8 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lake #61240area1,8 km²avg depth2.9 m
- Lake #60060area1,7 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lake #60840area1,7 km²avg depth2.5 m
Rivers / streams (13, ord ≥ 4)
- Little Buffalo Riverord 5len here481.33 km64%total754 km
- Buffalo Riverord 6len here174.58 km20%total886 km
- Nyarling Riverord 4len here166.74 km100%total166 km
- Sass Riverord 4len here107.76 km100%total107 km
- Preble Creekord 3len here47.71 km100%total48 km
- Yates Riverord 4len here36.06 km10%total349 km
- Seton Creekord 3len here27.11 km99%total27 km
- Copp Riverord 1len here27.08 km100%total27 km
- Brine Creekord 4len here22.41 km63%total36 km
- Klewi Riverord 3len here22.18 km100%total22 km
- Sucker Creekord 2len here9.42 km100%total9 km
- Salt Riverord 4len here7.31 km3%total225 km
1 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
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
- 60.21275, -114.33281
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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.