HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080073130
Bassin de Glenelg 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 2 administrative regions : Glenelg, Grant
Sub-basin area
198,5km²
Upstream area
13 227,5km²
Discharge
17,64m³/s
Mean elev.
42m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Glenelg River541 km²
- Bassin de Glenelg River492 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 140.3 km²70.6% of basin
- 58.4 km²29.4% of basin
10 intersecting protected areas
Glenelg Estuary and Discovery Bay Wetlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
74.90 km² overlap
Lower Glenelg
IUCN IINational Park
73.56 km² overlap
Glenelg River
IUCN VHeritage River
14.11 km² overlap
Dry Creek
IUCN IVForest Reserve
7.57 km² overlap
Honeysuckle
IUCN IVForest Reserve
1.92 km² overlap
Lower Glenelg River
IUCN IIIConservation Park
1.28 km² overlap
Snow Gum
IUCN IVForest Reserve
1.25 km² overlap
Discovery Bay Coastal Park
IUCN IIIConservation Park
0.98 km² overlap
Nelson SS.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.23 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Laslett
IUCN IVForest Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 899 distinct species · 72 538 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 Glenelg River : 36 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 32 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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°
13,6°C
Annual rain
789mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,22
Runoff
214mm/an
PET
1 017mm
AET
640mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
100cm
Forest
99%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
44%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)