HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080073510
Bassin de Meadows 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 5 administrative regions : Alexandrina, Mount Barker, Onkaparinga, Victor Harbor, Yankalilla
Sub-basin area
499,9km²
Upstream area
499,9km²
Discharge
3,97m³/s
Mean elev.
240m
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 416.9 km²83.4% of basin
- 71.1 km²14.2% of basin
- 9.8 km²2.0% of basin
- 1.1 km²0.2% of basin
- 0.9 km²0.2% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
The Coorong, and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Wetland
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
5.90 km² overlap
Cox Scrub
IUCN IIIConservation Park
5.64 km² overlap
Kyeema
IUCN IIIConservation Park
3.47 km² overlap
Christmas Hill
IUCN IVForest Reserve
3.16 km² overlap
Bullock Hill
IUCN VIConservation Park
2.22 km² overlap
Finniss
IUCN IIIConservation Park
1.23 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1362)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
1.01 km² overlap
Mount Magnificent
IUCN IIIConservation Park
0.90 km² overlap
Watchalunga Nature Reserve
IUCN IVHeritage Agreement
0.89 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Knott Hill
IUCN IVForest Reserve
0.79 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1419)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.66 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1577)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.59 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1364)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.53 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1311)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.46 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA484)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.43 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1564)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.40 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1174)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.40 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1589)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.40 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1047)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.40 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1363)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.40 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1007)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.30 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1478)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.28 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1395)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.28 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA851)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.27 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1686)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.26 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1427)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.25 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1224)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.23 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1087)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.22 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1104)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.20 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1402)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.17 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 366 distinct species · 136 346 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Meadows Creek : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 61 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
14,7°C
Annual rain
739mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
138mm/an
PET
1 134mm
AET
603mm
Mean slope
4,1°
Water table
813cm
Forest
19%
Crops
17%
Urban
0%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)