World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · aus
Kakadu National Park
IUCN Not Applicable19 139 km²Established 1981
Key facts
- Area
- 19 139 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 1981
Overview
- Designation
- World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
- Established
- 1981
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
6 328 distinct species · 574 012 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Kakadu National Park : 23 espèces reliées par 25 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
29
Interactions affichées
25
Connectance
0.062
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology37 basins · 50 lakes · 34 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
1 905,8km
Lake surface here
105,14km²
Basins crossed
37
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
11 229km²
Discharge in basins
1 169,1m³/s
Mean precip.
1 381mm/an
Mean T°
27,3°C
Moisture idx
-0,27
Mean runoff
571mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
112m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de South Alligator Riversub-area2 458,9 km²overlap2449.70 km²13%
- Bassin de Jim Jim Creeksub-area2 244,3 km²overlap2105.75 km²11%
- Bassin de West Alligatorsub-area1 699,1 km²overlap1685.44 km²9%
- Bassin de Wildman Riversub-area2 493,5 km²overlap1591.56 km²8%
- Bassin de Katherine Riversub-area1 922,2 km²overlap1095.04 km²6%
- Bassin de South Aligator Riversub-area1 022 km²overlap1018.12 km²5%
- Bassin de Magela Creeksub-area1 594,2 km²overlap959.97 km²5%
- Bassin de East Alligator Riversub-area914,8 km²overlap903.09 km²5%
- Bassin de Gowonj Creeksub-area861,4 km²overlap840.67 km²4%
28 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Barramundie Creeksub-area661,8 km²overlap659.33 km²3%
- Bassin de East Alligator Riversub-area762,6 km²overlap636.06 km²3%
- Bassin de Mary Riversub-area2 022,9 km²overlap569.48 km²3%
- Bassin de Mary Riversub-area754,2 km²overlap566.06 km²3%
- Bassin de Nourlangie Creeksub-area498,2 km²overlap496.33 km²3%
- Bassin de South Aligator Riversub-area359,5 km²overlap357.06 km²2%
- Bassin de Gimbat Creeksub-area562 km²overlap312.98 km²2%
- Basin #25320sub-area433,8 km²overlap312.09 km²2%
- Bassin de South Alligator Riversub-area295 km²overlap293.84 km²2%
- Bassin de South Alligator Riversub-area250,2 km²overlap249.26 km²1%
- Bassin de Nourlangie Creeksub-area249,3 km²overlap248.32 km²1%
- Bassin de Burdulba Creeksub-area240,2 km²overlap239.32 km²1%
- Basin #25850sub-area210,5 km²overlap209.66 km²1%
- Bassin de Nourlangie Creeksub-area307,8 km²overlap203.02 km²1%
- Bassin de Nourlangie Creeksub-area194,1 km²overlap193.33 km²1%
- Bassin de Nourlangie Creeksub-area186,7 km²overlap186.02 km²1%
- Bassin de Mary Riversub-area220,8 km²overlap183.83 km²1%
- Bassin de East Alligator Riversub-area431,6 km²overlap158.18 km²1%
- Bassin de Katherine Riversub-area759,9 km²overlap99.93 km²1%
- Bassin de Deaf Adder Creeksub-area755,1 km²overlap92.04 km²0%
- Bassin de Fergusson Riversub-area1 024,7 km²overlap43.38 km²0%
- Bassin de Fanny Creeksub-area1 033,7 km²overlap27.23 km²0%
- Bassin de East Alligator Riversub-area39 km²overlap25.89 km²0%
- Bassin de Swim Creeksub-area809,7 km²overlap9.20 km²0%
- Basin #62670sub-area51,3 km²overlap4.45 km²0%
- Basin #62690sub-area182,7 km²overlap2.42 km²0%
- Bassin de Bowerbird Creeksub-area333,7 km²overlap0.11 km²0%
- Bassin de East Alligator Riversub-area724,8 km²overlap0.00 km²0%
Lakes (50, top by area)
- Lake #16135area11 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #16133area10 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lake #81898area8,4 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lake #81934area8,2 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lake #81945area7,7 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lake #81882area7,6 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lake #81885area5,9 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lake #81929area5,8 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lake #81887area4,6 km²avg depth1.2 m
41 more lakes
- Lake #81902area4,3 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lake #81919area3,6 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lake #81900area3,1 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lake #81896area2,6 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Lake #81904area2,5 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #81888area2,1 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lake #81912area2 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lake #81953area1,8 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lake #81886area1,8 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lake #81908area1,8 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lake #81909area1,7 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Alligator Billabongarea1,3 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lake #81944area1,3 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lake #81897area1,1 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lake #81880area1,1 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lake #81899area1,1 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lake #81937area1 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lake #81892area1 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1411759area0,9 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1411844area0,9 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1411684area0,9 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1411766area0,8 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1411838area0,8 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 1411824area0,7 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1411831area0,6 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1411727area0,6 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1411817area0,6 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1411819area0,6 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1411749area0,6 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1411960area0,5 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 1412010area0,5 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1411935area0,5 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1411666area0,5 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1411795area0,5 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1411756area0,5 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1412001area0,5 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1411698area0,5 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1411982area0,5 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1411678area0,4 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1411670area0,4 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1411877area0,4 km²avg depth1.9 m
Rivers / streams (34, ord ≥ 4)
- South Alligator Riverord 5len here217.34 km100%total218 km
- Jim Jim Creekord 4len here181.73 km100%total182 km
- Nourlangie Creekord 4len here180.78 km100%total181 km
- Wildman Riverord 5len here173.97 km98%total177 km
- South Aligator Riverord 5len here166.93 km99%total168 km
- West Alligatorord 4len here101.58 km100%total102 km
- Barramundie Creekord 3len here93.09 km100%total93 km
- Koolpin Creekord 3len here81.87 km100%total82 km
- Mary Riverord 5len here73.25 km23%total315 km
- Katherine Riverord 6len here70.10 km13%total551 km
- East Alligator Riverord 5len here69.04 km68%total101 km
- Fisher Creekord 2len here53.21 km100%total53 km
22 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Gimbat Creekord 3len here51.72 km69%total75 km
- Gundjulmarke Creekord 3len here47.16 km100%total47 km
- Burdulba Creekord 4len here45.19 km100%total45 km
- Kambolgie Creekord 3len here44.79 km100%total45 km
- Birdie Creekord 3len here41.38 km62%total66 km
- Gowonj Creekord 4len here39.07 km100%total39 km
- Turnoff Creekord 2len here28.31 km100%total28 km
- West Branchord 2len here27.99 km100%total28 km
- Snake Creekord 3len here20.38 km48%total42 km
- Little Mary Riverord 3len here15.24 km80%total19 km
- Coronation Creekord 1len here13.32 km100%total13 km
- Wildman River West Branchord 3len here9.94 km41%total24 km
- Waterfall Creekord 2len here9.55 km100%total10 km
- Dinner Creekord 2len here8.03 km100%total8 km
- Kurrundie Creekord 2len here7.05 km100%total7 km
- Stag Creekord 1len here6.87 km100%total7 km
- Gerowie Creekord 1len here6.51 km100%total7 km
- East Alligator Riverord 1len here6.18 km100%total6 km
- Magela Creekord 4len here4.09 km100%total4 km
- Deaf Adder Creekord 3len here4.07 km7%total54 km
- Koolpin Gorgeord 1len here3.42 km100%total3 km
- Fanny Creekord 3len here2.69 km5%total50 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
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- Centroid
- -13.04870, 132.53628
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.