HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080280980
Bassin de Herbert 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 4 administrative regions : Cassowary Coast, Charters Towers, Hinchinbrook, Tablelands
Sub-basin area
3 411,5km²
Upstream area
8 005,2km²
Discharge
102,1m³/s
Mean elev.
530m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sunday Creek446 km²
- Bassin de Herbert River129 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2102.4 km²61.8% of basin
- 772.8 km²22.7% of basin
- 264.1 km²7.8% of basin
- 261.5 km²7.7% of basin
10 intersecting protected areas
Girringun
IUCN IIIIndigenous Protected Area
1587.75 km² overlap
Girringun
IUCN IINational Park
1564.14 km² overlap
Wet Tropics of Queensland
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1053.17 km² overlap
Kirrama
IUCN IINational Park
156.01 km² overlap
Glen Eagle
IUCN VINature Refuge
128.40 km² overlap
Yourka Reserve
IUCN IVNature Refuge
60.38 km² overlap
Koombooloomba
IUCN IINational Park
37.74 km² overlap
Tully Gorge
IUCN IINational Park
2.74 km² overlap
Koombooloomba South
IUCN VIForest Reserve
2.04 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Girramay
IUCN IINational Park
1.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 091 distinct species · 31 014 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Herbert River : 24 espèces reliées par 26 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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°
21,8°C
Annual rain
1 366mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
597mm/an
PET
1 559mm
AET
996mm
Mean slope
6,6°
Water table
351cm
Forest
82%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
51%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)