HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080620230
Bassin de Franklin 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 2 administrative regions : Central Highlands, West Coast
Sub-basin area
1 673,6km²
Upstream area
1 673,6km²
Discharge
90,77m³/s
Mean elev.
522m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1541.7 km²92.0% of basin
- 134.6 km²8.0% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Tasmanian Wilderness
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1648.03 km² overlap
Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers
IUCN IINational Park
1640.31 km² overlap
West Coast Range
IUCN VIRegional Reserve
23.14 km² overlap
National Park
7.01 km² overlap
Crotty
IUCN VIConservation Area
2.46 km² overlap
Princess River
IUCN VIConservation Area
0.79 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 189 distinct species · 16 465 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Franklin River : 31 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 27 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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°
8,8°C
Annual rain
2 355mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,65
Runoff
1 545mm/an
PET
810mm
AET
800mm
Mean slope
13,2°
Water table
456cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)