HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080252230
Bassin de Mitchell 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 2 administrative regions : Cairns, Tablelands
Sub-basin area
1 661,9km²
Upstream area
1 662,1km²
Discharge
10,72m³/s
Mean elev.
481m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1654.7 km²99.9% of basin
- 1.6 km²0.1% of basin
12 intersecting protected areas
Brooklyn
IUCN IINature Refuge
440.75 km² overlap
Wet Tropics of Queensland
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
231.86 km² overlap
Kuranda
IUCN IINational Park
130.90 km² overlap
Mount Lewis
IUCN IINational Park
112.88 km² overlap
Hann Tableland
IUCN IINational Park
83.00 km² overlap
Nature Refuge
19.23 km² overlap
Kuranda West
IUCN VIForest Reserve
6.87 km² overlap
Edward Said
IUCN VINature Refuge
0.22 km² overlap
Macalister Range
IUCN IINational Park
0.16 km² overlap
3 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Mowbray
IUCN IINational Park
0.10 km² overlap
Thylogale
IUCN VINature Refuge
0.02 km² overlap
Pademelon Haven
IUCN VINature Refuge
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 100 distinct species · 739 696 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 18 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 Mitchell River : 17 espèces reliées par 11 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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°
22,9°C
Annual rain
1 692mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,08
Runoff
421mm/an
PET
1 540mm
AET
1 085mm
Mean slope
5,8°
Water table
284cm
Forest
61%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
48%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)