HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080234540
Bassin de North Kennedy 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 : Cook
Sub-basin area
218,2km²
Upstream area
3 583,7km²
Discharge
49,3m³/s
Mean elev.
15m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de North Kennedy River1927 km²
- Bassin de North Kennedy River1438 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 217.5 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Rinyirru (Lakefield)
IUCN IINational Park Aboriginal
216.32 km² overlap
Princess Charlotte Bay
IUCN VIFish Habitat Area (A)
1.86 km² overlap
Rinyirru (Lakefield)
IUCN VIResources Reserve
0.20 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
437 distinct species · 5 053 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 North Kennedy River : 26 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 33 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
26,1°C
Annual rain
1 099mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
451mm/an
PET
1 730mm
AET
873mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
5cm
Forest
81%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)