HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080068550
Bassin de Sandy 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 : Whitsunday
Sub-basin area
528,8km²
Upstream area
528,8km²
Discharge
0,81m³/s
Mean elev.
86m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 505.1 km²95.8% of basin
10 intersecting protected areas
Cape Upstart
IUCN IINational Park
84.89 km² overlap
Burdekin
IUCN VIFish Habitat Area (B)
61.89 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef Coast
IUCN VIMarine Park
52.46 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
17.24 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef Coast
IUCN IVMarine Park
8.47 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef
IUCN IVMarine Park
8.46 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef
IUCN VIMarine Park
4.67 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef Coast
IUCN IIMarine Park
3.07 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef
IUCN IIMarine Park
3.07 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Mount Abbot
IUCN IaNational Park (Scientific)
0.34 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 048 distinct species · 10 376 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Sandy Creek : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 26 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
23,7°C
Annual rain
914mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,43
Runoff
165mm/an
PET
1 594mm
AET
773mm
Mean slope
3,7°
Water table
157cm
Forest
35%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
29%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)