HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080190970
Bassin de May 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 : Ambunti-Dreikikir, Telefomin
Sub-basin area
498,7km²
Upstream area
2 067,1km²
Discharge
173m³/s
Mean elev.
202m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Upper May River515 km²
- Bassin de Abei River358 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 475.9 km²95.8% of basin
- 20.6 km²4.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
55 distinct species · 111 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 5 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 May River : 5 espèces reliées par 3 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 30.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,1°C
Annual rain
3 696mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,59
Runoff
2 364mm/an
PET
1 521mm
AET
1 521mm
Mean slope
10,3°
Water table
322cm
Forest
88%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)