HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080077040
Bassin · #5080077040
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 4 administrative regions : Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Derby-West Kimberley, Scott and Seringapatam Reefs, Wyndham-East Kimberley
Sub-basin area
45,2km²
Upstream area
45,2km²
Discharge
0,03m³/s
Mean elev.
0m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Ashmore and Cartier IslandsAshmore and Cartier Islands · Australia17.9 km²39.7% of basin
- 4.6 km²10.1% of basin
- 2.6 km²5.7% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.3% of basin
11 intersecting protected areas
Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
31.31 km² overlap
Ashmore Reef
IUCN IaAustralian Marine Park
30.84 km² overlap
Scott Reef
IUCN IaNature Reserve
4.81 km² overlap
Adele Island
IUCN IaNature Reserve
2.69 km² overlap
Cartier Island
IUCN IaAustralian Marine Park
0.29 km² overlap
Kimberley
IUCN VIAustralian Marine Park
0.29 km² overlap
Ashmore Reef
IUCN IVAustralian Marine Park
0.19 km² overlap
Browse Island
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.14 km² overlap
Unnamed WA41775
IUCN V5(1)(h) Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
2 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Adele Island
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Unnamed WA44673
IUCN V5(1)(h) Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,3°C
Annual rain
1 159mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
515mm/an
PET
1 632mm
AET
864mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
14cm
Forest
32%
Crops
17%
Urban
0%
Protected
88%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)