HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080072640
Bassin de Dandenong 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 10 administrative regions : Casey, Frankston, Glen Eira, Greater Dandenong, Kingston +5
Sub-basin area
778,4km²
Upstream area
778,6km²
Discharge
7,35m³/s
Mean elev.
79m
Administrative coverage
10 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 182.0 km²23.4% of basin
- 129.6 km²16.6% of basin
- 113.8 km²14.6% of basin
- 96.0 km²12.3% of basin
- 84.4 km²10.8% of basin
- 73.6 km²9.4% of basin
- 48.5 km²6.2% of basin
- 32.7 km²4.2% of basin
2 moreFull L2 list
- Whitehorse14.7 km² · 1.9%
- Glen Eira3.5 km² · 0.5%
26 intersecting protected areas
Dandenong Ranges
IUCN IINational Park
21.51 km² overlap
Mornington Peninsula & Western Port
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
20.51 km² overlap
Churchill
IUCN IIINational Park
2.72 km² overlap
Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
2.61 km² overlap
The Pines F.F.R.
IUCN IaNature Conservation Reserve
2.06 km² overlap
Conservation Park
1.09 km² overlap
Baluk Willam N.C.R.
IUCN IaNatural Features Reserve
0.67 km² overlap
Glenfern Valley B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.38 km² overlap
Cranbourne Wetlands N.C.R.
IUCN IaNature Conservation Reserve
0.25 km² overlap
17 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Seaford Wetlands N.F.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.21 km² overlap
Selby G190 B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.21 km² overlap
Bunarong N.F.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.10 km² overlap
Unnamed P0174
IUCN IaPrivate Nature Reserve
0.07 km² overlap
Unnamed P0083
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.04 km² overlap
Sassafras Creek N.C.R
IUCN IaNature Conservation Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
Natural Features Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
Belgrave G185 B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Unnamed P0056
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Belgrave South B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Langwarrin B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Fiddlers Green B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Long Pockitt B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Belgrave G186 B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Black Hill B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Olinda G168 B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Sassafras G163 B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 897 distinct species · 2 617 676 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Dandenong Creek : 24 espèces reliées par 44 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 9.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
14,4°C
Annual rain
842mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,23
Runoff
295mm/an
PET
1 085mm
AET
701mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
127cm
Forest
19%
Crops
2%
Urban
78%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)