HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080592020
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, Renmark Paringa, Unincorporated South Australia
Sub-basin area
1 769,3km²
Upstream area
760 778,4km²
Discharge
267,16m³/s
Mean elev.
38m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Salt Creek349 km²
- Bassin de Murray River249 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 668.4 km²37.8% of basin
- 530.6 km²30.0% of basin
- 343.4 km²19.4% of basin
- 226.5 km²12.8% of basin
22 intersecting protected areas
Riverland
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
217.94 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1544)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
151.95 km² overlap
Murray River
IUCN VINational Park
150.46 km² overlap
Chowilla
IUCN VIGame Reserve
62.63 km² overlap
Cooltong
IUCN VIConservation Park
19.78 km² overlap
Moorook
IUCN VIGame Reserve
12.48 km² overlap
Loch Luna
IUCN VIGame Reserve
3.54 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA311)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
3.22 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1464)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
3.05 km² overlap
13 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Pike River
IUCN IIIConservation Park
2.89 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1582)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
2.79 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1632)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
1.62 km² overlap
Banrock Station Wetland Complex
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1.46 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA89)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.92 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1028)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.76 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1060)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.45 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1165)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.27 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1597)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.16 km² overlap
Unnamed (No.HA1322)
IUCN IIIHeritage Agreement
0.11 km² overlap
Rilli Island
IUCN IIIConservation Park
0.06 km² overlap
Media Island
IUCN IIIConservation Park
0.02 km² overlap
Kapunda Island
IUCN IIIConservation Park
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 372 distinct species · 229 026 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 42 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 6.7%, 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°
17,0°C
Annual rain
263mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,82
Runoff
4mm/an
PET
1 471mm
AET
223mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
194cm
Forest
4%
Crops
62%
Urban
0%
Protected
23%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)