HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080067450
Bassin de Normanby River
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 : Cook
Sub-basin area
591,8km²
Upstream area
13 373,5km²
Discharge
221,15m³/s
Mean elev.
25m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kennedy River2577 km²
- Bassin de Normanby River59 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 589.7 km²100.0% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Rinyirru (Lakefield)
IUCN IINational Park Aboriginal
171.84 km² overlap
Kalpowar
IUCN VINature Refuge
37.97 km² overlap
Princess Charlotte Bay
IUCN VIFish Habitat Area (A)
16.94 km² overlap
Rinyirru (Lakefield)
IUCN VIResources Reserve
0.17 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
0.07 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef Coast
IUCN VIMarine Park
0.05 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef
IUCN VIMarine Park
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
810 distinct species · 8 697 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Normanby River : 23 espèces reliées par 28 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.9%, 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).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,1°C
Annual rain
1 115mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
503mm/an
PET
1 704mm
AET
877mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
31cm
Forest
72%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
37%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)