HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080590270
Bassin de Murray 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 : Berri and Barmera, Loxton Waikerie, Mid Murray, Unincorporated South Australia
Sub-basin area
2 172,1km²
Upstream area
762 247,5km²
Discharge
250,5m³/s
Mean elev.
49m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 12 basins
- Bassin de Murray River1769 km²
- Bassin · #50800921001615 km²
- Bassin · #50800942301590 km²
- Bassin · #50800920701109 km²
- Bassin · #50800923101041 km²
- + 7 more
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1927.4 km²88.8% of basin
- 150.7 km²6.9% of basin
- 74.3 km²3.4% of basin
- 19.2 km²0.9% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Unnamed (No.HA1543)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
86.08 km² overlap
Pooginook
IUCN IaConservation Park
28.61 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA675)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
24.12 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA476)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
13.52 km² overlap
Banrock Station Wetland Complex
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
12.27 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA215)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
8.75 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1120)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
5.67 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1537)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
4.96 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA383)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
4.84 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Unnamed (No.HA1386)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
4.22 km² overlap
Hogwash Bend
IUCN IIIConservation Park
4.04 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1055)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
3.40 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1337)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
3.37 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA647)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
3.21 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA590)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
2.97 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA314)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
2.97 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1570)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
2.96 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA545)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
2.62 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA599)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
2.61 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA587)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
2.23 km² overlap
Maize Island Lagoon
IUCN IIIConservation Park
2.15 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA423)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
2.09 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA862)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
1.96 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA738)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
1.89 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA611)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
1.56 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1089)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
1.47 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA505)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
1.47 km² overlap
Bakara
IUCN IaConservation Park
1.46 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA272)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
1.42 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA89)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
1.12 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 971 distinct species · 120 052 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Murray River : 21 espèces reliées par 40 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 9.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
16,7°C
Annual rain
266mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,82
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
1 448mm
AET
226mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
313cm
Forest
0%
Crops
55%
Urban
0%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)