HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080408560
Bassin · #5080408560
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 : Ngaanyatjarraku, Wiluna
Sub-basin area
1 664,8km²
Upstream area
1 664,8km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
452m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 979.2 km²58.9% of basin
- 682.1 km²41.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Gibson Desert
IUCN IaNature Reserve
979.34 km² overlap
Birriliburu
IUCN VIIndigenous Protected Area
681.97 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
190 distinct species · 465 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 · #5080408560 : 26 espèces reliées par 47 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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°
23,3°C
Annual rain
179mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,90
Runoff
4mm/an
PET
1 877mm
AET
148mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
130cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
59%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)