Ontologia

World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · aus

Shark Bay, Western Australia

IUCN Not Applicable22 001 km²Established 1991
Key facts
Area
22 001 km²
IUCN cat.
Not Applicable
Year
1991

Overview

Designation
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
Established
1991
Managing authority
Not Reported

Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).

Species present

4 121 distinct species · 69 280 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 33 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 Shark Bay, Western Australia : 29 espèces reliées par 32 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 5.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
34
Interactions affichées
32
Connectance
0.057
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydrology19 basins · 11 lakes · 3 rivers

Hydrology metrics for this exact territory

Stream length here

6,8km

Lake surface here

29,02km²

Basins crossed

19

Max stream order

5

Max drainage

10 496km²

Discharge in basins

0,6m³/s

Mean precip.

261mm/an

Mean T°

21,3°C

Moisture idx

-0,84

Mean runoff

8mm/an

Mean elev. (basins)

53m

Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10

Location

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Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)

Centroid
-25.98084, 113.61148
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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.