HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080588490
Bassin de Nepean 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 7 administrative regions : Camden, Campbelltown, Liverpool, Penrith, Wingecarribee +2
Sub-basin area
1 786,5km²
Upstream area
1 786,5km²
Discharge
16,51m³/s
Mean elev.
323m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 783.4 km²43.9% of basin
- 510.0 km²28.6% of basin
- 263.6 km²14.8% of basin
- 126.5 km²7.1% of basin
- 48.5 km²2.7% of basin
- 35.6 km²2.0% of basin
- 18.4 km²1.0% of basin
14 intersecting protected areas
Upper Nepean
IUCN IaState Conservation Area
249.05 km² overlap
Bargo River
IUCN IIState Conservation Area
19.50 km² overlap
Greater Blue Mountains Area
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
7.27 km² overlap
Thirlmere Lakes
IUCN IINational Park
5.40 km² overlap
Gulguer
IUCN IaNature Reserve
3.55 km² overlap
Nattai
IUCN IbNational Park
1.96 km² overlap
Burragorang
IUCN IIState Conservation Area
1.42 km² overlap
Dharawal
IUCN IINational Park
1.11 km² overlap
Bargo
IUCN IIState Conservation Area
0.85 km² overlap
5 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Bents Basin
IUCN IIState Conservation Area
0.48 km² overlap
William Howe
IUCN VRegional Park
0.43 km² overlap
Blue Mountains
IUCN IINational Park
0.13 km² overlap
Dharawal
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.09 km² overlap
Illawarra Escarpment
IUCN IIState Conservation Area
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 319 distinct species · 716 828 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Nepean River : 33 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 54 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 6.6%, 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°
15,2°C
Annual rain
1 162mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,05
Runoff
291mm/an
PET
1 214mm
AET
897mm
Mean slope
4,8°
Water table
230cm
Forest
83%
Crops
2%
Urban
3%
Protected
16%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)