HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080239260
Bassin de Normanby 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
794km²
Upstream area
2 429,6km²
Discharge
55,23m³/s
Mean elev.
204m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Normanby River557 km²
- Bassin de Normanby River327 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 791.2 km²100.0% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Kings Plains - Alkoomie
IUCN IINature Refuge
370.69 km² overlap
Biniirr
IUCN IINational Park Aboriginal
69.37 km² overlap
Melsonby (Gaarraay)
IUCN IINational Park Aboriginal
16.29 km² overlap
South Endeavour
IUCN IINature Refuge
2.61 km² overlap
Caloola
IUCN IINature Refuge
0.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 191 distinct species · 5 545 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Normanby River : 23 espèces reliées par 36 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
25,0°C
Annual rain
1 450mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,06
Runoff
697mm/an
PET
1 550mm
AET
989mm
Mean slope
6,8°
Water table
330cm
Forest
63%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)