HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080611740
Bassin de Yarra 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 5 administrative regions : Baw Baw, Cardinia, Murrindindi, Unincorporated Victoria, Yarra Ranges
Sub-basin area
1 119,2km²
Upstream area
1 119,2km²
Discharge
20,54m³/s
Mean elev.
601m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1108.8 km²99.0% of basin
- 9.2 km²0.8% of basin
- 0.6 km²0.1% of basin
- 0.6 km²0.1% of basin
- 0.5 km²0.0% of basin
23 intersecting protected areas
Yarra Ranges
IUCN IINational Park
526.80 km² overlap
OShannassy River
IUCN IINatural Catchment Area
115.17 km² overlap
Deep Creek
IUCN IaReference Area
10.35 km² overlap
Walsh Creek
IUCN IaReference Area
9.15 km² overlap
Mount Gregory
IUCN IaReference Area
8.83 km² overlap
Yarra River
IUCN VHeritage River
2.83 km² overlap
Watts Creek
IUCN IaReference Area
0.45 km² overlap
Bennie Creek
IUCN IaReference Area
0.31 km² overlap
Natural Features Reserve
0.25 km² overlap
14 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Brittania Creek Cave G.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.15 km² overlap
Yarra Bridge SS.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.12 km² overlap
Unnamed P0118
IUCN IVPrivate Nature Reserve
0.10 km² overlap
Dee River SS.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Britannia Creek G182 B.R
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Warburton B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.04 km² overlap
Hoddles Creek B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.04 km² overlap
Lusatia Park Road B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Britannia Creek G181 B.R
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Woori Yallock G161 B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
McMahons Creek N.C.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Little River, Powelltown SS.R.
IUCN IIINatural Features Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Launching Place B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Powelltown B.R.
IUCN IVNatural Features Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 808 distinct species · 313 079 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Yarra River : 24 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 39 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
11,3°C
Annual rain
1 546mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,31
Runoff
424mm/an
PET
1 043mm
AET
856mm
Mean slope
12,6°
Water table
439cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
47%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)