Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · AUS
Moreton Bay
- Area
- 1 206 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1993
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 1993
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
5 167 distinct species · 185 374 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Moreton Bay : 26 espèces reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology13 basins · 5 lakes · 30 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
60,2km
Lake surface here
3,07km²
Basins crossed
13
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
3 842km²
Discharge in basins
3,0m³/s
Mean precip.
1 456mm/an
Mean T°
20,1°C
Moisture idx
0,12
Mean runoff
417mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
41m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Freshwater Creeksub-area650,6 km²overlap446.11 km²37%
- Bassin de Mooloolah Riversub-area1 052,1 km²overlap111.06 km²9%
- Bassin de Tingalpa Creeksub-area356,1 km²overlap49.71 km²4%
- Bassin de Biggera Creeksub-area83,5 km²overlap33.66 km²3%
- Bassin de Saltwater Creeksub-area124 km²overlap19.79 km²2%
- Bassin de Coomera Riversub-area435,3 km²overlap13.41 km²1%
- Bassin de Pimpama Riversub-area183,5 km²overlap12.26 km²1%
- Bassin de Cabbage Tree Creeksub-area133,6 km²overlap7.96 km²1%
- Bassin de Logan Riversub-area70 km²overlap4.82 km²0%
Lakes (5, top by area)
Rivers / streams (30, ord ≥ 4)
- Freshwater Creekord 1len here6.92 km84%total8 km
- Coombabah Creekord 1len here6.91 km59%total12 km
- Pimpama Riverord 2len here6.32 km24%total26 km
- Glass Mountain Creekord 1len here4.93 km66%total7 km
- Coochin Creekord 2len here4.27 km24%total18 km
- King John Creekord 3len here3.50 km100%total4 km
- Pine Riverord 3len here3.33 km61%total5 km
- Bells Creekord 1len here2.41 km25%total9 km
- Freshwater Creekord 1len here2.37 km100%total2 km
- Logan Riverord 4len here2.17 km1%total165 km
- Downfall Creekord 1len here1.65 km20%total8 km
- Coomera Riverord 3len here1.57 km3%total53 km
18 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Saltwater Creekord 1len here1.42 km21%total7 km
- Cooroon Cooroonpah Creekord 1len here1.21 km63%total2 km
- Eprapah Creekord 1len here1.19 km17%total7 km
- Elimbah Creekord 2len here1.08 km19%total6 km
- Hilliards Creekord 1len here1.06 km18%total6 km
- Lagoon Creekord 1len here1.04 km4%total25 km
- Caboolture Riverord 3len here1.03 km3%total31 km
- Tibrogargan Creekord 1len here1.02 km6%total17 km
- Aranarawai Creekord 1len here0.86 km84%total1 km
- Freshwater Creekord 1len here0.85 km15%total6 km
- Burpengary Creekord 1len here0.76 km4%total19 km
- Tingalpa Creekord 2len here0.69 km4%total18 km
- Beerburrum Creekord 2len here0.68 km5%total14 km
- Lota Creekord 1len here0.39 km31%total1 km
- Mellum Creekord 1len here0.32 km3%total12 km
- Kedron Brook Floodwayord 1len here0.11 km3%total3 km
- Cabbage Tree Creekord 1len here0.10 km1%total10 km
- Lamerough Creekord 1len here≈ tangenttotal12 km
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
- -27.44092, 153.36751
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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.