HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080072700
Bassin de Skeleton 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 4 administrative regions : Brimbank, Hobsons Bay, Melton, Wyndham
Sub-basin area
260,3km²
Upstream area
260,3km²
Discharge
0,39m³/s
Mean elev.
37m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 156.3 km²60.0% of basin
- 63.3 km²24.3% of basin
- 26.5 km²10.2% of basin
- 8.3 km²3.2% of basin
13 intersecting protected areas
Port Phillip Bay (Western Shoreline) and Bellarine Peninsula
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
3.87 km² overlap
Nature Conservation Reserve
1.17 km² overlap
Ravenhall N.C.R.
IUCN IaNatural Features Reserve
1.15 km² overlap
Point Cooke
IUCN IIMarine Sanctuary
0.54 km² overlap
Mount Cottrell N.C.R.
IUCN IaNatural Features Reserve
0.44 km² overlap
Laverton Grasslands F.R.
IUCN IaNature Conservation Reserve
0.44 km² overlap
Mount Derrimut N.C.R.
IUCN IaNatural Features Reserve
0.30 km² overlap
Natural Features Reserve
0.22 km² overlap
Truganina South N.C.R.
IUCN IaNature Conservation Reserve
0.20 km² overlap
4 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Altona Meadows N.F.R
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.20 km² overlap
Western Grasslands N.C.R.
IUCN IVNature Conservation Reserve
0.11 km² overlap
Gilbertsons Grassland N.C.R.
IUCN IaNatural Features Reserve
0.10 km² overlap
Altona N.C.R.
IUCN IaNatural Features Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 884 distinct species · 200 535 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Skeleton Creek : 28 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 57 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 8.6%, 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°
14,5°C
Annual rain
558mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
189mm/an
PET
1 087mm
AET
478mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
64cm
Forest
7%
Crops
3%
Urban
55%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)