HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080229240
Bassin de Katherine 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 1 administrative regions : Roper Gulf
Sub-basin area
759,9km²
Upstream area
2 328,3km²
Discharge
20,11m³/s
Mean elev.
336m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Katherine River925 km²
- Bassin de Snowdrop Creek643 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 757.0 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Kakadu National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
99.93 km² overlap
Kakadu
IUCN IINational Park (Commonwealth)
99.88 km² overlap
Kakadu National Park
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
99.88 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
572 distinct species · 1 381 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°
26,2°C
Annual rain
1 235mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
220mm/an
PET
1 929mm
AET
965mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
246cm
Forest
15%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
13%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)