HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080225570
Bassin de Mary 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 : Unincorporated Norther Territori, Victoria-Daly, West Arnhem
Sub-basin area
2 022,9km²
Upstream area
3 930,2km²
Discharge
50,08m³/s
Mean elev.
85m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Nellie Creek598 km²
- Bassin de Mary River221 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 736.8 km²36.6% of basin
- 708.9 km²35.2% of basin
- 569.6 km²28.3% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Kakadu National Park
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
569.59 km² overlap
Kakadu
IUCN IINational Park (Commonwealth)
569.55 km² overlap
Kakadu National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
569.48 km² overlap
Mary River
IUCN VNational Park
181.61 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 209 distinct species · 12 334 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Mary River : 30 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 38 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
27,3°C
Annual rain
1 321mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
496mm/an
PET
1 930mm
AET
1 002mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
119cm
Forest
54%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
37%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)