HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080226310
Bassin de Deaf Adder 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 2 administrative regions : Roper Gulf, West Arnhem
Sub-basin area
755,1km²
Upstream area
755,1km²
Discharge
17,52m³/s
Mean elev.
278m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 518.7 km²69.0% of basin
- 233.5 km²31.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Warddeken
IUCN VIIndigenous Protected Area
660.22 km² overlap
Kakadu National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
92.04 km² overlap
Kakadu
IUCN IINational Park (Commonwealth)
91.98 km² overlap
Kakadu National Park
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
91.98 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
721 distinct species · 3 615 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 47 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 Deaf Adder Creek : 38 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 51 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 4.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
26,5°C
Annual rain
1 401mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
665mm/an
PET
1 875mm
AET
982mm
Mean slope
4,8°
Water table
390cm
Forest
26%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)