HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080059300
Bassin de Chile Creek
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 2 administrative regions : Broome, Derby-West Kimberley
Sub-basin area
1 083,6km²
Upstream area
1 083,6km²
Discharge
1,12m³/s
Mean elev.
22m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 910.0 km²84.3% of basin
- 29.9 km²2.8% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Bardi Jawi
IUCN VIIndigenous Protected Area
716.53 km² overlap
Bardi Jawi
IUCN IVIndigenous Protected Area
320.65 km² overlap
Bardi Jawi Gaarra
IUCN VIMarine Park
192.88 km² overlap
Nyul Nyul
IUCN IVIndigenous Protected Area
2.08 km² overlap
Swan Island
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 296 distinct species · 11 254 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 Bassin de Chile Creek : 32 espèces reliées par 21 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 3.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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°
27,6°C
Annual rain
700mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
79mm/an
PET
1 666mm
AET
591mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
122cm
Forest
43%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)