HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080068460
Bassin de Merryplain 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 1 administrative regions : Burdekin
Sub-basin area
108,4km²
Upstream area
108,4km²
Discharge
0,62m³/s
Mean elev.
7m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 106.6 km²98.6% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Burdekin
IUCN VIFish Habitat Area (B)
48.80 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
47.50 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef Coast
IUCN VIMarine Park
2.70 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef
IUCN VIMarine Park
2.69 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
530 distinct species · 7 407 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Merryplain Creek : 26 espèces reliées par 26 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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°
24,0°C
Annual rain
981mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
180mm/an
PET
1 598mm
AET
829mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
16cm
Forest
83%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
45%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)