HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080227680
Bassin · #5080227680
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 : Aurukun, Cook
Sub-basin area
571,7km²
Upstream area
572,1km²
Discharge
17,45m³/s
Mean elev.
65m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 438.9 km²77.1% of basin
- 130.6 km²22.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 28 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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
1 598mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,07
Runoff
962mm/an
PET
1 715mm
AET
950mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
102cm
Forest
46%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)