HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080073670
Bassin de Onkaparinga 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 3 administrative regions : Adelaide Hills, Mount Barker, Onkaparinga
Sub-basin area
551,3km²
Upstream area
551,3km²
Discharge
3,73m³/s
Mean elev.
352m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 290.0 km²52.6% of basin
- 146.4 km²26.6% of basin
- 114.7 km²20.8% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Onkaparinga River
IUCN IINational Park
13.80 km² overlap
Scott Creek
IUCN IIIConservation Park
7.22 km² overlap
Onkaparinga River
IUCN IIIRecreation Park
2.69 km² overlap
Kenneth Stirling
IUCN IIIConservation Park
2.26 km² overlap
Mark Oliphant
IUCN IIIConservation Park
1.06 km² overlap
Mount George
IUCN IIIConservation Park
0.84 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA88)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.81 km² overlap
Charleston
IUCN IIIConservation Park
0.69 km² overlap
Mount Panorama
IUCN IVForest Reserve
0.65 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Encounter
IUCN IVMarine Park
0.57 km² overlap
Mylor
IUCN VIConservation Park
0.45 km² overlap
Cleland
IUCN IINational Park
0.39 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1566)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.37 km² overlap
Encounter
IUCN IIMarine Park
0.37 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1463)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.34 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1576)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.28 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA514)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.27 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1595)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.20 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA186)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.19 km² overlap
Porter Scrub
IUCN IIIConservation Park
0.19 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1624)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.18 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA510)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.18 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1625)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.17 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA345)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.17 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA110)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.15 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA714)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.15 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1555)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.14 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1170)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.12 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA198)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.11 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1654)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.11 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 910 distinct species · 600 362 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 Onkaparinga River : 24 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 65 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.6%, 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°
14,3°C
Annual rain
832mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
102mm/an
PET
1 182mm
AET
661mm
Mean slope
4,8°
Water table
889cm
Forest
52%
Crops
19%
Urban
7%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)