HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080543150
Bassin de Macleay 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 : Kempsey, Nambucca, Port Macquarie-Hastings
Sub-basin area
1 175,7km²
Upstream area
10 991,9km²
Discharge
77,45m³/s
Mean elev.
113m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Macleay River816 km²
- Bassin de Parrabel Creek364 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1167.9 km²99.4% of basin
- 4.6 km²0.4% of basin
- 2.2 km²0.2% of basin
14 intersecting protected areas
Kumbatine
IUCN IINational Park
59.92 km² overlap
New England
IUCN IbNational Park
33.40 km² overlap
Willi Willi
IUCN IbNational Park
32.70 km² overlap
Boonanghi
IUCN IINature Reserve
31.12 km² overlap
Hat Head
IUCN IINational Park
30.18 km² overlap
Boonanghi
IUCN IIState Conservation Area
12.43 km² overlap
Skillion
IUCN IINature Reserve
6.44 km² overlap
Yarravel
IUCN IINature Reserve
3.11 km² overlap
Maria
IUCN IINational Park
2.48 km² overlap
5 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Verges Creek
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.76 km² overlap
Ngambaa
IUCN IINature Reserve
0.59 km² overlap
Yessabah
IUCN IIINature Reserve
0.16 km² overlap
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
0.10 km² overlap
Kumbatine
IUCN IIState Conservation Area
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 688 distinct species · 361 858 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Macleay River : 27 espèces reliées par 28 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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°
17,9°C
Annual rain
1 324mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,01
Runoff
416mm/an
PET
1 315mm
AET
1 051mm
Mean slope
5,3°
Water table
214cm
Forest
87%
Crops
0%
Urban
1%
Protected
20%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)