UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · aus
Great Sandy
- Area
- 12 245 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 2009
Overview
- Designation
- UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
- Established
- 2009
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
10 327 distinct species · 646 847 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 : 29 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 27 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology17 basins · 16 lakes · 100 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
1 198,8km
Lake surface here
8,71km²
Basins crossed
17
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
8 953km²
Discharge in basins
121,8m³/s
Mean precip.
1 250mm/an
Mean T°
21,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,08
Mean runoff
257mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
67m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Poona Creeksub-area3 010,6 km²overlap2970.80 km²24%
- Bassin de Tinana Creeksub-area1 242,3 km²overlap1237.13 km²10%
- Bassin de Mary Riversub-area2 073,4 km²overlap624.01 km²5%
- Bassin de Gregory Riversub-area2 327,6 km²overlap562.39 km²5%
- Bassin de Mary Riversub-area1 252,3 km²overlap455.36 km²4%
- Bassin de Beelbi Creeksub-area336,2 km²overlap335.53 km²3%
- Bassin de Noosa Riversub-area873,8 km²overlap318.08 km²3%
- Bassin de Susan Riversub-area290,6 km²overlap290.00 km²2%
- Bassin de Mary Riversub-area246,4 km²overlap245.94 km²2%
8 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Mary Riversub-area135,2 km²overlap90.94 km²1%
- Basin #70090sub-area66,8 km²overlap66.71 km²1%
- Basin #69970sub-area105,7 km²overlap10.50 km²0%
- Bassin de Coonarr Creeksub-area107,3 km²overlap5.10 km²0%
- Basin #70020sub-area32,5 km²overlap5.04 km²0%
- Bassin de Theodolite Creeksub-area183 km²overlap0.18 km²0%
- Bassin de Munna Creeksub-area1 481,7 km²overlap0.17 km²0%
- Bassin de Elliott Riversub-area339,9 km²overlap0.02 km²0%
Lakes (16, top by area)
- Lake Boomanjinarea1,9 km²avg depth8.8 m
- Lake Lenthallarea1,7 km²avg depth8.9 m
- Lac 1418626area0,9 km²avg depth8.1 m
- Lac 1418441area0,7 km²avg depth7.4 m
- Lac 1418590area0,6 km²avg depth7.3 m
- Lac 1418547area0,6 km²avg depth3.5 m
- Lac 1418264area0,4 km²avg depth4.8 m
- Lac 1418635area0,3 km²avg depth5.7 m
- Lac 1418297area0,3 km²avg depth3.2 m
Rivers / streams (100, ord ≥ 4)
- Mary Riverord 5len here124.41 km44%total283 km
- Tinana Creekord 3len here119.01 km100%total119 km
- Noosa Riverord 3len here40.95 km44%total92 km
- Burrum Riverord 5len here38.31 km95%total40 km
- Coondoo Creekord 2len here34.00 km100%total34 km
- Crooked Creekord 2len here26.45 km100%total27 km
- Six Mile Creekord 2len here23.48 km60%total39 km
- Susan Riverord 3len here22.78 km100%total23 km
- Curra Creekord 2len here22.60 km100%total23 km
- Cherwell Riverord 3len here22.56 km100%total23 km
- Beelbi Creekord 2len here22.27 km100%total22 km
- Stockyard Creekord 3len here21.46 km100%total21 km
88 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Poona Creekord 2len here20.22 km100%total20 km
- Deep Creekord 3len here20.01 km78%total26 km
- Gutchy Creekord 2len here19.71 km100%total20 km
- Wyuna Creekord 1len here18.83 km100%total19 km
- Teewah Creekord 2len here18.68 km100%total19 km
- Puthoo Creekord 1len here18.35 km100%total18 km
- Grahams Creekord 5len here17.39 km68%total26 km
- Yidney Creekord 1len here14.77 km100%total15 km
- Duckinwilla Creekord 2len here14.62 km75%total20 km
- Big Sandy Creekord 1len here14.59 km100%total15 km
- Mosquito Creekord 1len here14.53 km100%total15 km
- Saltwater Creekord 2len here14.49 km100%total14 km
- Big Tuan Creekord 2len here14.24 km100%total14 km
- Kauri Creekord 2len here13.85 km100%total14 km
- Scrubby Creekord 1len here12.57 km100%total13 km
- Goomboorian Creekord 2len here12.52 km100%total13 km
- Little Tinana Creekord 1len here12.37 km100%total12 km
- Richmond Creekord 2len here12.15 km100%total12 km
- Maaroom Creekord 2len here11.95 km100%total12 km
- Coongul Creekord 1len here11.37 km100%total11 km
- Ulirrah Creekord 1len here11.35 km100%total11 km
- Bunya Creekord 1len here11.28 km100%total11 km
- Bogimbah Creekord 1len here11.22 km100%total11 km
- Harwood Creekord 1len here10.84 km91%total12 km
- Logging Creekord 1len here10.78 km100%total11 km
- Oaky Creekord 5len here10.58 km54%total19 km
- Slaty Creekord 4len here10.49 km87%total12 km
- Duck Creekord 1len here10.14 km100%total10 km
- Kalah Creekord 2len here9.99 km100%total10 km
- Woolmer Creekord 1len here9.93 km100%total10 km
- Nulla Flat Creekord 2len here9.56 km100%total10 km
- Pig Creekord 1len here9.39 km100%total9 km
- Pinbarren Creekord 2len here8.73 km48%total18 km
- Sandy Creekord 2len here8.71 km21%total41 km
- Scrubber Creekord 1len here8.20 km100%total8 km
- Poyungan Creekord 1len here8.04 km100%total8 km
- Bowarrady Creekord 1len here7.60 km100%total8 km
- Snapper Creekord 1len here7.52 km100%total8 km
- Ration Creekord 1len here7.48 km100%total7 km
- Searys Creekord 1len here7.47 km100%total7 km
- Doongul Creekord 3len here7.43 km26%total28 km
- Chinaman Creekord 1len here7.29 km87%total8 km
- Woralie Creekord 1len here7.15 km100%total7 km
- Logbridge Creekord 2len here6.97 km59%total12 km
- Scrub Turkey Creekord 2len here6.85 km100%total7 km
- Kangaroo Creekord 1len here6.55 km100%total7 km
- O'Regan Creekord 1len here5.62 km100%total6 km
- Bennett Creekord 1len here5.35 km100%total5 km
- Kolbore Creekord 2len here5.20 km58%total9 km
- Figtree Creekord 1len here5.14 km100%total5 km
- Gerowweea Creekord 2len here5.08 km100%total5 km
- Beardy Creekord 2len here5.03 km46%total11 km
- Kanigan Creekord 1len here4.90 km100%total5 km
- Wathumba Creekord 2len here4.90 km100%total5 km
- Isis Riverord 4len here4.90 km15%total33 km
- Stony Creekord 1len here4.46 km67%total7 km
- Dinna Creekord 1len here4.27 km100%total4 km
- Yankee Jack Creekord 1len here4.06 km100%total4 km
- Redbank Creekord 1len here4.06 km100%total4 km
- Eli Creekord 1len here4.05 km100%total4 km
- Boon Boon Creekord 1len here4.05 km100%total4 km
- Coles Creekord 1len here3.84 km71%total5 km
- Back Creekord 1len here3.68 km100%total4 km
- Tenimby Creekord 1len here3.65 km100%total4 km
- Carlo Creekord 1len here3.47 km100%total3 km
- Cochrane Creekord 1len here3.44 km100%total3 km
- Scrubby Creekord 1len here3.41 km100%total3 km
- Gympie Creekord 1len here3.19 km96%total3 km
- Sarahana Creekord 4len here3.14 km25%total12 km
- Bowal Creekord 1len here3.07 km100%total3 km
- Deep North Branch Creekord 2len here3.05 km100%total3 km
- Boundary Creekord 1len here3.01 km31%total10 km
- Awinya Creekord 1len here2.95 km100%total3 km
- Teebar Creekord 1len here2.91 km100%total3 km
- Rocky Creekord 1len here2.82 km100%total3 km
- Gregory Riverord 5len here2.63 km3%total76 km
- Ungowa Creekord 1len here2.48 km100%total2 km
- Wolvi Creekord 1len here2.48 km100%total2 km
- Boar Creekord 2len here2.29 km100%total2 km
- Cooloola Creekord 1len here2.24 km99%total2 km
- Freshwater Creekord 1len here2.18 km100%total2 km
- Myrtle Creekord 5len here2.02 km17%total12 km
- Buttha Creekord 1len here1.94 km100%total2 km
- Twenty Mile Creekord 1len here1.83 km21%total9 km
- Big Boar Creekord 1len here1.40 km100%total1 km
- Little Boar Creekord 1len here1.35 km100%total1 km
- Tea Tree Creekord 1len here1.15 km99%total1 km
- Geewan Creekord 1len here1.05 km101%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
- -25.51590, 152.85854
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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.