HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080067880
Bassin de Mulgrave 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 4 administrative regions : Cairns, Cassowary Coast, Tablelands, Yarrabah
Sub-basin area
2 050,3km²
Upstream area
2 050,3km²
Discharge
0,22m³/s
Mean elev.
297m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1447.4 km²70.8% of basin
- 354.7 km²17.4% of basin
- 158.8 km²7.8% of basin
- 37.1 km²1.8% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Wet Tropics of Queensland
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1152.42 km² overlap
Wooroonooran
IUCN IINational Park
570.38 km² overlap
Little Mulgrave
IUCN IINational Park
109.11 km² overlap
Mandingalbay Yidinji
IUCN VIndigenous Protected Area
94.65 km² overlap
Gadgarra
IUCN IINational Park
77.21 km² overlap
Russell River
IUCN IINational Park
62.00 km² overlap
Malbon Thompson
IUCN VIForest Reserve
59.58 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef Coast
IUCN IIMarine Park
57.23 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
49.56 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Ella Bay
IUCN IINational Park
43.05 km² overlap
Trinity Inlet
IUCN VIFish Habitat Area (A)
35.47 km² overlap
Dinden
IUCN IINational Park
35.22 km² overlap
Grey Peaks
IUCN IINational Park
33.48 km² overlap
Eubenangee Swamp
IUCN IINational Park
24.73 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef Coast
IUCN VIMarine Park
22.64 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef
IUCN VIMarine Park
19.70 km² overlap
Trinity Inlet
IUCN VIFish Habitat Area (B)
11.74 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef Coast
IUCN IVMarine Park
11.12 km² overlap
Danbulla
IUCN IINational Park
10.97 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef
IUCN IVMarine Park
9.71 km² overlap
Malbon Thompson Range
IUCN IINational Park
6.25 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef
IUCN IIMarine Park
5.31 km² overlap
Fitzroy Island
IUCN IINational Park
3.08 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef
IUCN IaMarine Park
0.94 km² overlap
Crater Lakes
IUCN IINational Park
0.94 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef Coast
IUCN IaMarine Park
0.91 km² overlap
Rose Gums
IUCN VINature Refuge
0.85 km² overlap
Frankland Group
IUCN IINational Park
0.83 km² overlap
Dinden
IUCN IIIConservation Park
0.69 km² overlap
Coopooroo Creek
IUCN VINature Refuge
0.65 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 422 distinct species · 906 384 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 Mulgrave River : 26 espèces reliées par 16 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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°
22,8°C
Annual rain
3 014mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,51
Runoff
1 478mm/an
PET
1 442mm
AET
1 281mm
Mean slope
10,2°
Water table
366cm
Forest
99%
Crops
0%
Urban
3%
Protected
55%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)