HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080068310
Bassin de Ross 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 2 administrative regions : Charters Towers, Townsville
Sub-basin area
916,9km²
Upstream area
917,1km²
Discharge
9,34m³/s
Mean elev.
147m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 908.0 km²99.3% of basin
- 6.1 km²0.7% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Bowling Green Bay
IUCN IINational Park
46.34 km² overlap
Pinnacles
IUCN IINational Park
46.01 km² overlap
Cleveland Bay
IUCN VIFish Habitat Area (A)
1.70 km² overlap
Serpentine
IUCN VINature Refuge
1.59 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
0.15 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 106 distinct species · 223 391 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 Ross River : 30 espèces reliées par 28 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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°
23,5°C
Annual rain
918mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
234mm/an
PET
1 567mm
AET
773mm
Mean slope
4,7°
Water table
226cm
Forest
46%
Crops
3%
Urban
7%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)