UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · aus
Noosa
- Area
- 1 109 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 2007
Overview
- Designation
- UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
- Established
- 2007
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
6 163 distinct species · 354 476 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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Noosa : 21 espèces reliées par 26 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.4%, 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).
Hydrology7 basins · 7 lakes · 22 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
161,9km
Lake surface here
55,54km²
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
3 802km²
Discharge in basins
9,1m³/s
Mean precip.
1 483mm/an
Mean T°
20,4°C
Moisture idx
0,06
Mean runoff
335mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
89m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Noosa Riversub-area873,8 km²overlap553.15 km²50%
- Bassin de Mary Riversub-area2 073,4 km²overlap159.93 km²14%
- Bassin de Doonan Creeksub-area181 km²overlap74.28 km²7%
- Bassin de Mary Riversub-area1 018,2 km²overlap50.60 km²5%
- Bassin de Poona Creeksub-area3 010,6 km²overlap33.82 km²3%
- Bassin de Petrie Creeksub-area558,1 km²overlap8.38 km²1%
- Bassin de Tinana Creeksub-area1 242,3 km²overlap2.86 km²0%
Lakes (7, top by area)
Rivers / streams (22, ord ≥ 4)
- Noosa Riverord 3len here51.18 km55%total92 km
- Kin Kin Creekord 2len here15.24 km100%total15 km
- Kin Kin East Branch Creekord 1len here10.52 km100%total11 km
- Pinbarren Creekord 2len here9.40 km52%total18 km
- Six Mile Creekord 1len here9.26 km100%total9 km
- Weyba Creekord 1len here7.69 km82%total9 km
- Ringtail Creekord 2len here7.58 km100%total8 km
- Six Mile Creekord 2len here5.82 km15%total39 km
- Sandy Creekord 1len here5.72 km100%total6 km
- Yellow Gullyord 2len here5.26 km100%total5 km
- Eulama Creekord 2len here5.05 km100%total5 km
- Cooroora Creekord 1len here3.82 km100%total4 km
10 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Doonan Creekord 1len here3.68 km30%total12 km
- Cooloothin Creekord 2len here3.62 km100%total4 km
- Blackfellow South Branch Creekord 1len here3.29 km96%total3 km
- Mary Riverord 5len here2.97 km1%total283 km
- Middle Creekord 1len here2.90 km100%total3 km
- Blackfellow North Branch Creekord 1len here2.76 km81%total3 km
- Skyring Creekord 2len here2.70 km10%total27 km
- Happy Jack Creekord 1len here1.89 km32%total6 km
- Coles Creekord 1len here1.56 km29%total5 km
- Stumers Creekord 1len here0.04 km1%total6 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
- -26.33354, 152.97009
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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.