HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080499670
Bassin de Richmond 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 : Kyogle, Richmond Valley, Scenic Rim, Tweed
Sub-basin area
1 072,6km²
Upstream area
1 072,6km²
Discharge
9,62m³/s
Mean elev.
309m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1004.7 km²93.8% of basin
- 61.9 km²5.8% of basin
- 4.1 km²0.4% of basin
- 0.4 km²0.0% of basin
9 intersecting protected areas
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
286.02 km² overlap
Border Ranges
IUCN IbNational Park
282.02 km² overlap
Toonumbar
IUCN IINational Park
22.90 km² overlap
Mount Barney
IUCN IINational Park
2.12 km² overlap
Toonumbar
IUCN VState Conservation Area
1.28 km² overlap
Lamington
IUCN IINational Park
1.00 km² overlap
Mount Nothofagus
IUCN IINational Park
0.17 km² overlap
Moore Park
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.13 km² overlap
Mount Chinghee
IUCN IINational Park
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 444 distinct species · 127 987 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 Richmond River : 21 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 23 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.1%, 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°
18,1°C
Annual rain
1 303mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
302mm/an
PET
1 398mm
AET
1 039mm
Mean slope
10,6°
Water table
471cm
Forest
95%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
30%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)