Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · aus
Lakes Argyle and Kununurra
- Area
- 1 176 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1990
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 1990
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 222 distinct species · 70 039 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Lakes Argyle and Kununurra : 21 espèces reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.2%, 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).
Hydrology12 basins · 6 lakes · 6 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
177,2km
Lake surface here
827,77km²
Basins crossed
12
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
46 571km²
Discharge in basins
746,4m³/s
Mean precip.
676mm/an
Mean T°
28,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,67
Mean runoff
242mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
150m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Ord Riversub-area1 066,3 km²overlap297.27 km²25%
- Bassin de Ord Riversub-area696,8 km²overlap253.28 km²22%
- Bassin de Behm Riversub-area1 852,7 km²overlap218.18 km²19%
- Bassin de Ord Riversub-area1 218,8 km²overlap109.37 km²9%
- Bassin de Fist Gorge Creeksub-area1 057,5 km²overlap95.25 km²8%
- Bassin de Ord Riversub-area107,4 km²overlap69.55 km²6%
- Basin #49330sub-area45,6 km²overlap44.65 km²4%
- Basin #49960sub-area324,5 km²overlap35.31 km²3%
- Bassin de Bow Riversub-area1 568,9 km²overlap22.28 km²2%
Lakes (6, top by area)
Rivers / streams (6, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- -16.26360, 128.80923
- Open in maps
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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.