HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080605220
Bassin de Ovens 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 : Alpine, Indigo, Wangaratta
Sub-basin area
624,2km²
Upstream area
3 588,7km²
Discharge
40,39m³/s
Mean elev.
280m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Buffalo River1312 km²
- Bassin de Happy Valley Creek602 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 537.0 km²86.0% of basin
- 45.6 km²7.3% of basin
- 41.7 km²6.7% of basin
20 intersecting protected areas
Chiltern-Mt Pilot
IUCN IINational Park
7.59 km² overlap
Everton I4 B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.36 km² overlap
East Wangaratta N.C.R.
IUCN IaNatural Features Reserve
0.31 km² overlap
Tarrawingee SS.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.25 km² overlap
Murmungee I76 B.R
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.24 km² overlap
Murmungee I81 B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.20 km² overlap
Murmungee I37 B.R
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.14 km² overlap
Whorouly SS.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.11 km² overlap
Tarrawingee I5 B.R
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.11 km² overlap
11 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Murmungee I38 B.R
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.09 km² overlap
Ovens River K16 SS.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Murmungee I75 B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Murmungee S.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
Everton I78 B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
Everton I6 B.R
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.04 km² overlap
Murmungee I79 B.R
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
Murmungee I80 B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Ovens Billabong B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Murmungee I77 B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Everton I74 B.R
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 730 distinct species · 75 411 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Ovens River : 30 espèces reliées par 45 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.8%, 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°
13,7°C
Annual rain
859mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
242mm/an
PET
1 227mm
AET
696mm
Mean slope
3,8°
Water table
189cm
Forest
28%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)