HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080609310
Bassin de Goulburn 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 : Baw Baw, Mansfield, Murrindindi, Unincorporated Victoria, Wangaratta +2
Sub-basin area
2 484,6km²
Upstream area
2 484,6km²
Discharge
32,87m³/s
Mean elev.
785m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1741.8 km²70.1% of basin
- 468.5 km²18.8% of basin
- 233.7 km²9.4% of basin
- 24.0 km²1.0% of basin
- 16.4 km²0.7% of basin
- 1.2 km²0.0% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
17 intersecting protected areas
Alpine
IUCN IINational Park
261.95 km² overlap
Lake Eildon
IUCN IINational Park
185.48 km² overlap
The Governors
IUCN IIRemote and Natural Area - Schedule 6, National Parks Act
80.64 km² overlap
Howqua River
IUCN VHeritage River
21.78 km² overlap
Big River
IUCN VHeritage River
19.83 km² overlap
Mount Skene N.F.S.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
14.01 km² overlap
Yarra Ranges
IUCN IINational Park
11.08 km² overlap
Williams Creek
IUCN IaNatural Catchment Area
10.12 km² overlap
Mount Bullfight N.C.R
IUCN IaNatural Features Reserve
3.02 km² overlap
8 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Mount Torbreck N.F.S.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
2.50 km² overlap
Mount Terrible N.F.S.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
1.25 km² overlap
Macalister Area
IUCN IIRemote and Natural Area - Schedule 6, National Parks Act
0.56 km² overlap
Natural Features Reserve
0.29 km² overlap
Razor - Viking
IUCN IbWilderness Zone
0.08 km² overlap
Howqua G121 B.R
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.04 km² overlap
Howqua G120 B.R
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
Howqua G122 B.R
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 009 distinct species · 84 665 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Goulburn River : 25 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 50 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 8.9%, 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°
10,4°C
Annual rain
1 460mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,26
Runoff
395mm/an
PET
1 054mm
AET
819mm
Mean slope
16,4°
Water table
532cm
Forest
96%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
21%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)