HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080071700
Bassin de Towamba 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 3 administrative regions : Bega Valley, Bombala, East Gippsland
Sub-basin area
2 541,5km²
Upstream area
2 541,5km²
Discharge
0,79m³/s
Mean elev.
266m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2262.4 km²89.0% of basin
- 174.2 km²6.8% of basin
- 58.3 km²2.3% of basin
21 intersecting protected areas
South East Forest
IUCN IINational Park
476.58 km² overlap
Nadgee
IUCN IbNature Reserve
212.77 km² overlap
Croajingolong
IUCN IINational Park
159.95 km² overlap
Beowa
IUCN IINational Park
107.59 km² overlap
Cape Howe
IUCN IbWilderness Zone
71.47 km² overlap
Bournda
IUCN IaNature Reserve
36.88 km² overlap
Mount Imlay
IUCN IINational Park
28.98 km² overlap
Bournda
IUCN IINational Park
24.28 km² overlap
Egan Peaks
IUCN IaNature Reserve
21.13 km² overlap
12 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Sidlings Swamp
IUCN IaFlora Reserve
9.11 km² overlap
Letts Mountain
IUCN IaFlora Reserve
7.12 km² overlap
Jingera
IUCN IaFlora Reserve
4.73 km² overlap
Watergums Creek
IUCN IaFlora Reserve
2.42 km² overlap
Nethercote Falls
IUCN IaFlora Reserve
1.50 km² overlap
Cape Howe
IUCN IIMarine National Park
1.46 km² overlap
Yurammie
IUCN IIState Conservation Area
1.35 km² overlap
Narrabarba Hill
IUCN IaFlora Reserve
1.25 km² overlap
Bell Bird Creek
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.57 km² overlap
Maxwells
IUCN IaFlora Reserve
0.21 km² overlap
Nullica
IUCN IaFlora Reserve
0.21 km² overlap
Eagles Claw
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 416 distinct species · 377 150 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Towamba River : 25 espèces reliées par 52 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 8.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
13,8°C
Annual rain
923mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,07
Runoff
277mm/an
PET
992mm
AET
764mm
Mean slope
8,4°
Water table
389cm
Forest
99%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
44%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)