Ontologia

World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · aus

Great Barrier Reef

IUCN Not Applicable349 115 km²Established 1981
Key facts
Area
349 115 km²
IUCN cat.
Not Applicable
Year
1981

Overview

Designation
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
Established
1981
Managing authority
Not Reported

Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).

Species present

31 159 distinct species · 3 731 283 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 36 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 Great Barrier Reef : 34 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 23 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 3.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
36
Interactions affichées
23
Connectance
0.036
Patrimoniales
2
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydrology95 basins · 20 lakes · 100 rivers

Hydrology metrics for this exact territory

Stream length here

140,0km

Lake surface here

8,93km²

Basins crossed

95

Max stream order

7

Max drainage

140 914km²

Discharge in basins

14,7m³/s

Mean precip.

1 383mm/an

Mean T°

23,4°C

Moisture idx

-0,10

Mean runoff

449mm/an

Mean elev. (basins)

66m

Watersheds crossing here

86 more basins

Lakes (20, top by area)

11 more lakes

Rivers / streams (100, ord ≥ 4)

88 more river segments

Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10

Location

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Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)

Centroid
-17.59078, 146.63833
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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.