HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080072090
Bassin de Tambo 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 1 administrative regions : East Gippsland
Sub-basin area
453,9km²
Upstream area
2 891km²
Discharge
18,2m³/s
Mean elev.
140m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Timbarra River567 km²
- Bassin de Shady Creek260 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 454.1 km²100.0% of basin
12 intersecting protected areas
Mount Elizabeth N.C.R.
IUCN IaNatural Features Reserve
1.38 km² overlap
Fairy Dell F.R.
IUCN IaNature Conservation Reserve
0.66 km² overlap
Tambo floodplain G.L.R.
IUCN VINatural Features Reserve
0.17 km² overlap
Mossiface B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.14 km² overlap
The Glen F.R.
IUCN IaNature Conservation Reserve
0.11 km² overlap
Gippsland Lakes
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.10 km² overlap
Tambo River
IUCN IaReference Area
0.10 km² overlap
Wiseleigh B.R
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.08 km² overlap
Tambo B.R
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
3 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Bumberrah B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Tambo Delta - Metung G.L.R.
IUCN VINatural Features Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Boggy Creek N.C.R.
IUCN IaNatural Features Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 033 distinct species · 98 876 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Tambo River : 18 espèces reliées par 41 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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
802mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,28
Runoff
201mm/an
PET
1 111mm
AET
682mm
Mean slope
5,6°
Water table
302cm
Forest
86%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)