HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080072840
Bassin de Thompson 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 2 administrative regions : Greater Geelong, Surf Coast
Sub-basin area
307,9km²
Upstream area
307,9km²
Discharge
2,15m³/s
Mean elev.
95m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 293.4 km²95.2% of basin
- 14.7 km²4.8% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Lake Gherang Gherang W.R
IUCN VINatural Features Reserve
1.14 km² overlap
Gherang Gherang B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
1.07 km² overlap
Brown Swamp W.R
IUCN VINatural Features Reserve
0.37 km² overlap
Breamlea F.F.R.
IUCN IaNature Conservation Reserve
0.32 km² overlap
Great Otway
IUCN IINational Park
0.08 km² overlap
Conewarre K47 SS.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
Paraparap B.R
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.04 km² overlap
Conewarre K48 SS.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 299 distinct species · 221 262 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Thompson Creek : 21 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 42 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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
623mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
220mm/an
PET
1 020mm
AET
533mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
102cm
Forest
0%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)