HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080072390
Bassin de Franklin 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 6 administrative regions : Bass Coast, Flinders, Latrobe, South Gippsland, Unincorporated Victoria +1
Sub-basin area
1 504,3km²
Upstream area
1 504,3km²
Discharge
3,04m³/s
Mean elev.
94m
Administrative coverage
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1217.9 km²80.9% of basin
- 134.6 km²8.9% of basin
- 4.6 km²0.3% of basin
- 1.1 km²0.1% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Wilsons Promontory
IUCN IINational Park
481.51 km² overlap
Wilsons Promontory
IUCN IbWilderness Zone
220.86 km² overlap
Corner Inlet
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
148.63 km² overlap
Southern Wilsons Promontory
IUCN IIRemote and Natural Area - Schedule 6, National Parks Act
143.95 km² overlap
National Parks Act Schedule 4 park or reserve
54.76 km² overlap
Nature Conservation Reserve
47.67 km² overlap
Cape Liptrap Coastal Park
IUCN IIConservation Park
43.12 km² overlap
National Parks Act Schedule 4 park or reserve
37.24 km² overlap
Mount Vereker Creek
IUCN IbNatural Catchment Area
29.00 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Vereker Creek
IUCN IaReference Area
26.59 km² overlap
National Parks Act Schedule 4 park or reserve
19.83 km² overlap
National Parks Act Schedule 4 park or reserve
18.88 km² overlap
Wilsons Promontory
IUCN IIMarine National Park
12.65 km² overlap
Entrance Point
IUCN IaReference Area
7.64 km² overlap
Wilsons Promontory Islands
IUCN IIRemote and Natural Area - Schedule 6, National Parks Act
4.65 km² overlap
National Parks Act Schedule 4 park or reserve
4.10 km² overlap
Corner Inlet
IUCN IIMarine National Park
3.23 km² overlap
Rodondo Island
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.04 km² overlap
Anser Island
IUCN IaReference Area
0.81 km² overlap
Gunyah Rainforest S.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.63 km² overlap
Hoddle Range F.R.
IUCN IaNature Conservation Reserve
0.43 km² overlap
New Zealand Hill F.R.
IUCN IaNature Conservation Reserve
0.43 km² overlap
Little Franklin River S.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.38 km² overlap
Seal Islands W.R.
IUCN IaNature Conservation Reserve
0.35 km² overlap
Franklin River SS.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.26 km² overlap
Whipstick Gully N.F.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.26 km² overlap
Toora H41 B.R
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.19 km² overlap
Turtons Creek S.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.18 km² overlap
East Moncoeur Island
IUCN VConservation Area
0.16 km² overlap
West Moncoeur Island
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.13 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 306 distinct species · 225 603 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 Franklin River : 22 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 56 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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°
13,2°C
Annual rain
1 032mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,07
Runoff
311mm/an
PET
944mm
AET
725mm
Mean slope
4,8°
Water table
223cm
Forest
71%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
48%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)