HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080299140
Bassin de Salt Creek
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 : Broome, East Pilbara
Sub-basin area
1 544km²
Upstream area
2 937,2km²
Discharge
0,25m³/s
Mean elev.
81m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #5080305200779 km²
- Bassin · #5080305330614 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 901.7 km²58.6% of basin
- 637.8 km²41.4% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Walyarta
IUCN IIConservation Park
1123.75 km² overlap
Nyangumarta Warrarn
IUCN VIIndigenous Protected Area
1094.48 km² overlap
Eighty-mile Beach
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
585.29 km² overlap
Karajarri
IUCN VIIndigenous Protected Area
370.83 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
81 distinct species · 127 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 Salt Creek : 28 espèces reliées par 24 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.9%, 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°
26,8°C
Annual rain
398mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,80
Runoff
18mm/an
PET
1 964mm
AET
334mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
149cm
Forest
4%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)