HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080079500
Bassin · #5080079500
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 1 administrative regions : Coral Sea Islands
Sub-basin area
32,7km²
Upstream area
32,7km²
Discharge
0,01m³/s
Mean elev.
0m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 7.0 km²21.4% of basin
11 intersecting protected areas
Great Barrier Reef
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
16.10 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef
IUCN VIMarine Park
15.21 km² overlap
Coral Sea
IUCN IVAustralian Marine Park
11.34 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef Coast
IUCN VIMarine Park
7.20 km² overlap
Coral Sea Reserves (Coringa-Herald and Lihou Reefs and Cays)
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
5.16 km² overlap
Coral Sea
IUCN IIAustralian Marine Park
5.16 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef Coast
IUCN IaMarine Park
0.63 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef
IUCN IaMarine Park
0.63 km² overlap
Swain Reefs
IUCN IINational Park
0.22 km² overlap
2 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Great Barrier Reef
IUCN IIMarine Park
0.09 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef Coast
IUCN IIMarine Park
0.09 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°
23,6°C
Annual rain
1 189mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
377mm/an
PET
1 289mm
AET
912mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
14cm
Forest
67%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)