HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080610560
Bassin de Buchan 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 1 administrative regions : East Gippsland
Sub-basin area
1 228,2km²
Upstream area
1 228,2km²
Discharge
5,19m³/s
Mean elev.
800m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1228.7 km²100.0% of basin
23 intersecting protected areas
Alpine
IUCN IINational Park
409.93 km² overlap
Buchan Headwaters
IUCN IIWilderness Zone
301.40 km² overlap
Dawson-Murrindal N.C.R.
IUCN IaNatural Features Reserve
31.92 km² overlap
Suggan Buggan
IUCN IIRemote and Natural Area - Schedule 6, National Parks Act
21.39 km² overlap
Upper Buchan River
IUCN IIHeritage River
21.26 km² overlap
Mount Stewart N.C.R.
IUCN IaNatural Features Reserve
16.22 km² overlap
Tara Range Park
IUCN IIIConservation Park
11.37 km² overlap
Nunnett Plain N.F.S.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
7.08 km² overlap
Green Hills N.C.R.
IUCN IaNatural Features Reserve
5.17 km² overlap
14 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Snowy River
IUCN VHeritage River
5.01 km² overlap
Snowy River
IUCN IINational Park
4.17 km² overlap
Mount Stewart N.F.S.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
3.12 km² overlap
Buchan (AT) Cave Reserve
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
2.96 km² overlap
Murrindal F.R.
IUCN IaNature Conservation Reserve
1.95 km² overlap
Natural Features Reserve
0.95 km² overlap
Potholes Cave Reserve
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.72 km² overlap
W Tree Falls N.F.S.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.67 km² overlap
The Pyramids Cave Reserve
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.53 km² overlap
Cobberas
IUCN IIWilderness Zone
0.33 km² overlap
Detarka B.R
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.12 km² overlap
Wilsons Cave Reserve
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Anticline Cave Reserve
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
Dicksons Cave Reserve
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 703 distinct species · 56 357 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 Buchan River : 26 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 64 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 10.8%, 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 006mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,04
Runoff
142mm/an
PET
1 040mm
AET
767mm
Mean slope
12,4°
Water table
538cm
Forest
97%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
40%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)