Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · AUS
Bowling Green Bay
- Area
- 367 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1993
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 1993
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
214 distinct species · 2 382 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 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 Bowling Green Bay : 19 espèces reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology5 basins · 8 lakes · 9 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
53,3km
Lake surface here
1,74km²
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
2 173km²
Discharge in basins
1,4m³/s
Mean precip.
1 016mm/an
Mean T°
23,7°C
Moisture idx
-0,35
Mean runoff
247mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
75m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (8, top by area)
Rivers / streams (9, ord ≥ 4)
- Crocodile Creekord 3len here17.30 km75%total23 km
- ast Barratta Creekord 3len here8.21 km10%total81 km
- Combe Creekord 1len here6.64 km100%total7 km
- Haughton Riverord 4len here6.45 km8%total83 km
- Emmett Creekord 1len here4.61 km57%total8 km
- Sheep Station Creekord 2len here3.95 km13%total30 km
- Alligator Creekord 2len here3.21 km17%total19 km
- Hughes Creekord 1len here2.27 km56%total4 km
- Barramundi Creekord 1len here0.69 km100%total1 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
- -19.41770, 147.34144
- 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.