HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080598830
Bassin de Swamp Creek
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 2 administrative regions : Unincorporated Australian Capita, Yass Valley
Sub-basin area
119,6km²
Upstream area
6 923,2km²
Discharge
22,42m³/s
Mean elev.
700m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 3 basins
- Bassin de Cotter River479 km²
- Bassin de Paddy's River242 km²
- Bassin de Murrumbidgee River232 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 76.6 km²64.0% of basin
- 43.1 km²36.0% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Brindabella
IUCN IINational Park
24.12 km² overlap
Stony Creek
IUCN IVNature Reserve
8.27 km² overlap
Swamp Creek
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.55 km² overlap
Woodstock
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.74 km² overlap
Bullen Range
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.28 km² overlap
Stony Creek
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.10 km² overlap
Molonglo River
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.08 km² overlap
Namadgi
IUCN IINational Park
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 064 distinct species · 118 534 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 21 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 Swamp Creek : 16 espèces reliées par 30 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
12,3°C
Annual rain
883mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,28
Runoff
142mm/an
PET
1 230mm
AET
727mm
Mean slope
8,3°
Water table
454cm
Forest
62%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
29%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)