HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080223110
Bassin de Magela 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 1 administrative regions : West Arnhem
Sub-basin area
1 594,2km²
Upstream area
1 594,2km²
Discharge
38,01m³/s
Mean elev.
93m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1588.1 km²100.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Kakadu National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
959.98 km² overlap
Kakadu
IUCN IINational Park (Commonwealth)
959.84 km² overlap
Kakadu National Park
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
959.46 km² overlap
Warddeken
IUCN VIIndigenous Protected Area
474.39 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 115 distinct species · 74 349 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Magela Creek : 24 espèces reliées par 36 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.4%, 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°
27,5°C
Annual rain
1 460mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,22
Runoff
731mm/an
PET
1 868mm
AET
979mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
159cm
Forest
61%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
90%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)