HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080319440
Bassin de Broken 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 3 administrative regions : Isaac, Mackay, Whitsunday
Sub-basin area
2 244,8km²
Upstream area
2 244,8km²
Discharge
21,95m³/s
Mean elev.
514m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1518.6 km²67.8% of basin
- 719.3 km²32.1% of basin
- 0.7 km²0.0% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Eungella
IUCN IINational Park
369.50 km² overlap
Crediton
IUCN VIForest Reserve
59.03 km² overlap
Sandy Falls
IUCN VINature Refuge
46.66 km² overlap
Lex Creek
IUCN VINature Refuge
0.52 km² overlap
Doongella
IUCN VINature Refuge
0.16 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 876 distinct species · 79 587 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 24 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 Broken River : 17 espèces reliées par 23 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
20,8°C
Annual rain
1 059mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
311mm/an
PET
1 537mm
AET
893mm
Mean slope
9,3°
Water table
437cm
Forest
64%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
17%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)