HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080072730
Bassin de Werribee 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 5 administrative regions : Hepburn, Macedon Ranges, Melton, Moorabool, Wyndham
Sub-basin area
1 453,6km²
Upstream area
1 453,6km²
Discharge
9,68m³/s
Mean elev.
368m
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 983.7 km²67.6% of basin
- 255.4 km²17.6% of basin
- 117.4 km²8.1% of basin
- 77.1 km²5.3% of basin
- 20.8 km²1.4% of basin
21 intersecting protected areas
Lerderderg
IUCN IIState Park
205.45 km² overlap
Lerderderg River
IUCN VHeritage River
51.67 km² overlap
Port Phillip Bay (Western Shoreline) and Bellarine Peninsula
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
9.01 km² overlap
Brisbane Ranges
IUCN IINational Park
8.45 km² overlap
Long Forest F.F.R.
IUCN IaNature Conservation Reserve
6.12 km² overlap
Werribee Gorge
IUCN IIIState Park
5.63 km² overlap
Ah Kows Gully
IUCN IaReference Area
4.76 km² overlap
Western Grasslands N.C.R.
IUCN IVNature Conservation Reserve
4.44 km² overlap
Pyrete Range
IUCN IaReference Area
3.06 km² overlap
12 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Ruths Gully
IUCN IaReference Area
2.61 km² overlap
Nature Conservation Reserve
1.16 km² overlap
Musk Creek
IUCN IaReference Area
0.91 km² overlap
Yangardook B.R
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.49 km² overlap
Natural Features Reserve
0.33 km² overlap
Cobbledicks SS.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.25 km² overlap
Werribee River SS.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.09 km² overlap
Rowsley SS.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.07 km² overlap
Gorong I106 B.R
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.07 km² overlap
Natural Features Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Coimadai B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Mount Steiglitz S.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 085 distinct species · 492 739 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Werribee River : 27 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 50 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 8.9%, 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°
12,7°C
Annual rain
742mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
199mm/an
PET
1 076mm
AET
591mm
Mean slope
4,2°
Water table
310cm
Forest
43%
Crops
3%
Urban
5%
Protected
16%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)