Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · aus
Great Sandy Strait (including Great Sandy Strait, Tin Can Bay and Tin Can Inlet)
- Area
- 837 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1999
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 1999
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
3 460 distinct species · 112 451 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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Great Sandy Strait (including Great Sandy Strait, Tin Can Bay and Tin Can Inlet) : 29 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 25 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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 · 0 lakes · 31 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
56,3km
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
3 011km²
Discharge in basins
0,3m³/s
Mean precip.
1 316mm/an
Mean T°
21,4°C
Moisture idx
0,01
Mean runoff
299mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
49m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (31, ord ≥ 4)
- Susan Riverord 3len here5.86 km26%total23 km
- Kalah Creekord 2len here5.75 km58%total10 km
- Stockyard Creekord 3len here5.66 km26%total21 km
- Searys Creekord 1len here5.03 km67%total7 km
- Bunya Creekord 1len here4.42 km39%total11 km
- Carlo Creekord 1len here3.47 km100%total3 km
- Snapper Creekord 1len here3.44 km46%total8 km
- Kauri Creekord 2len here2.36 km17%total14 km
- Cooloola Creekord 1len here2.24 km99%total2 km
- Teebar Creekord 1len here2.16 km74%total3 km
- Duck Creekord 1len here2.15 km21%total10 km
- Puthoo Creekord 1len here1.96 km11%total18 km
19 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Yidney Creekord 1len here1.45 km10%total15 km
- Big Tuan Creekord 2len here1.28 km9%total14 km
- Mosquito Creekord 1len here1.24 km9%total15 km
- Geewan Creekord 1len here1.05 km101%total1 km
- Tenimby Creekord 1len here1.00 km27%total4 km
- Alligator Creekord 2len here0.84 km100%total1 km
- Poona Creekord 2len here0.77 km4%total20 km
- Ungowa Creekord 1len here0.75 km30%total2 km
- Mullen Creekord 1len here0.71 km69%total1 km
- Bogimbah Creekord 1len here0.62 km6%total11 km
- Buttha Creekord 1len here0.56 km29%total2 km
- Bennett Creekord 1len here0.49 km9%total5 km
- Maaroom Creekord 2len here0.38 km3%total12 km
- Boon Boon Creekord 1len here0.30 km7%total4 km
- Little Tinana Creekord 1len here0.25 km2%total12 km
- Poyungan Creekord 1len here0.10 km1%total8 km
- Yankee Jack Creekord 1len here0.00 km0%total4 km
- Figtree Creekord 1len here≈ tangenttotal5 km
- Scrubby Creekord 1len here≈ tangenttotal13 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
- -25.60729, 152.92010
- 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.