HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080059120
Bassin · #5080059120
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 1 administrative regions : Broome
Sub-basin area
278km²
Upstream area
278km²
Discharge
0,17m³/s
Mean elev.
19m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 262.1 km²94.6% of basin
12 intersecting protected areas
Yawuru
IUCN IVIndigenous Protected Area
72.73 km² overlap
Yawuru
IUCN VIIndigenous Protected Area
51.80 km² overlap
Unnamed WA52354
IUCN II5(1)(h) Reserve
38.92 km² overlap
Marine Park
18.01 km² overlap
Roebuck Bay
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
10.44 km² overlap
Unnamed WA51583
IUCN II5(1)(h) Reserve
10.41 km² overlap
Unnamed WA51497
IUCN IV5(1)(h) Reserve
9.21 km² overlap
Unnamed WA51162
IUCN IV5(1)(h) Reserve
6.41 km² overlap
Unnamed WA51105
IUCN IV5(1)(h) Reserve
3.17 km² overlap
3 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Unnamed WA51617
IUCN II5(1)(h) Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Broome Wildlife Centre
IUCN II5(1)(h) Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
Broome Bird Observatory
IUCN II5(1)(h) Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 190 distinct species · 212 902 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 21 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 Bassin · #5080059120 : 14 espèces reliées par 22 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.5%, 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).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,8°C
Annual rain
596mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,66
Runoff
22mm/an
PET
1 731mm
AET
503mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
100cm
Forest
24%
Crops
0%
Urban
6%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)