UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · aus
Sunshine Coast
- Area
- 2 587 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 2022
Overview
- Designation
- UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
- Established
- 2022
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
12 941 distinct species · 1 318 704 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Sunshine Coast : 27 espèces reliées par 21 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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 · 11 lakes · 56 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
504,3km
Lake surface here
8,92km²
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
1 537km²
Discharge in basins
16,2m³/s
Mean precip.
1 586mm/an
Mean T°
19,5°C
Moisture idx
0,13
Mean runoff
351mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
153m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Mary Riversub-area1 018,2 km²overlap824.96 km²32%
- Bassin de Mooloolah Riversub-area1 052,1 km²overlap701.74 km²27%
- Bassin de Petrie Creeksub-area558,1 km²overlap548.72 km²21%
- Bassin de Stanley Riversub-area1 536,4 km²overlap110.12 km²4%
- Bassin de Doonan Creeksub-area181 km²overlap106.51 km²4%
- Bassin de Yabba Creeksub-area710,6 km²overlap2.50 km²0%
- Bassin de Noosa Riversub-area873,8 km²overlap1.21 km²0%
Lakes (11, top by area)
- Lake Weybaarea9,6 km²avg depth8.1 m
- Lake Baroonarea3,3 km²avg depth18.7 m
- Ewen Maddock Damarea2,3 km²avg depth7.1 m
- Cooloolabin Damarea1,4 km²avg depth7.1 m
- Lac 1419766area0,4 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1419511area0,4 km²avg depth4.6 m
- Lac 1419616area0,3 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1419533area0,3 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lac 1419631area0,3 km²avg depth2.4 m
Rivers / streams (56, ord ≥ 4)
- Mary Riverord 5len here45.63 km16%total283 km
- Obi Obi Creekord 2len here38.97 km100%total39 km
- Mooloolah Riverord 2len here26.07 km100%total26 km
- Petrie Creekord 3len here21.63 km100%total22 km
- South Maroochy Riverord 2len here20.74 km100%total21 km
- Coochin Creekord 2len here17.82 km100%total18 km
- Stanley Riverord 4len here16.97 km26%total66 km
- Cedar Creekord 1len here16.71 km100%total17 km
- Tibrogargan Creekord 1len here16.54 km100%total17 km
- Bunya Bunya Creekord 1len here14.83 km100%total15 km
- Paynter Creekord 1len here14.58 km100%total15 km
- Booloumba Creekord 2len here12.70 km100%total13 km
44 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Lamerough Creekord 1len here11.84 km100%total12 km
- Mellum Creekord 1len here11.62 km100%total12 km
- Coonowrin Creekord 1len here11.16 km100%total11 km
- Little Yabba Creekord 3len here11.11 km58%total19 km
- Elaman Creekord 2len here9.98 km100%total10 km
- Eudlo Creekord 1len here9.72 km100%total10 km
- Maroochy Riverord 3len here9.65 km100%total10 km
- Bells Creekord 1len here9.46 km100%total9 km
- Mangrove Gullyord 2len here9.00 km100%total9 km
- Sandy Creekord 2len here8.83 km21%total41 km
- Caboolture Creekord 3len here8.70 km100%total9 km
- Doonan Creekord 1len here8.50 km70%total12 km
- Sippy Creekord 1len here8.33 km100%total8 km
- Tamlyn Creekord 3len here7.95 km100%total8 km
- Mountain Creekord 1len here7.87 km100%total8 km
- Adam Creekord 2len here7.46 km100%total7 km
- Belli Creekord 2len here6.98 km100%total7 km
- South Mooloolah Riverord 2len here6.70 km100%total7 km
- Yardina Creekord 1len here6.42 km100%total6 km
- Stumers Creekord 1len here5.63 km100%total6 km
- Tragedy Creekord 1len here4.83 km100%total5 km
- Geraghty Creekord 1len here4.76 km100%total5 km
- Ewen Creek (South Branch)ord 1len here4.65 km100%total5 km
- Small Creekord 2len here4.28 km100%total4 km
- Back Creekord 2len here4.14 km100%total4 km
- Maroochy Waters Canalord 3len here3.94 km100%total4 km
- Peters Creekord 1len here3.83 km100%total4 km
- Kilcoy Creekord 2len here3.79 km100%total4 km
- Bridge Creekord 1len here3.66 km100%total4 km
- Rocky Creekord 1len here3.48 km100%total3 km
- Mundoora Broadwaterord 2len here2.79 km100%total3 km
- Running Creekord 1len here2.70 km100%total3 km
- Sandy Creekord 1len here2.69 km100%total3 km
- Blackfellow Creekord 2len here2.53 km100%total3 km
- Six Mile Creekord 1len here2.45 km15%total17 km
- Glass Mountain Creekord 1len here1.81 km24%total7 km
- Cooloobun Creekord 1len here1.66 km100%total2 km
- Weyba Creekord 1len here1.66 km18%total9 km
- Oaky Creekord 5len here1.45 km7%total19 km
- Chinaman Creekord 1len here1.04 km12%total8 km
- Goomaram Creekord 1len here0.93 km100%total1 km
- Blackfellow North Branch Creekord 1len here0.65 km19%total3 km
- Beerburrum Creekord 2len here0.35 km2%total14 km
- Blackfellow South Branch Creekord 1len here0.13 km4%total3 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
- -26.70791, 152.87883
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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.