HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080584760
Bassin de Fish 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 : Bathurst, Lithgow, Oberon
Sub-basin area
1 287,7km²
Upstream area
1 287,7km²
Discharge
2,02m³/s
Mean elev.
1 011m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 686.9 km²53.4% of basin
- 343.2 km²26.7% of basin
- 257.1 km²20.0% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Eusdale
IUCN IaNature Reserve
19.39 km² overlap
Evans Crown
IUCN IINature Reserve
4.27 km² overlap
Jenolan
IUCN IIIKarst Conservation Reserve
1.98 km² overlap
Wambool
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.98 km² overlap
Greater Blue Mountains Area
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1.40 km² overlap
Kanangra-Boyd
IUCN IbNational Park
0.14 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 029 distinct species · 62 489 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 de Fish River : 32 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 67 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 8.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
11,3°C
Annual rain
901mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
92mm/an
PET
1 111mm
AET
746mm
Mean slope
5,9°
Water table
427cm
Forest
54%
Crops
25%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)