Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · aus
The Macquarie Marshes
- Area
- 193 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1986
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 1986
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
727 distinct species · 22 799 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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de The Macquarie Marshes : 24 espèces reliées par 44 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology5 basins · 0 lakes · 3 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
31,7km
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
30 257km²
Discharge in basins
4,5m³/s
Mean precip.
448mm/an
Mean T°
19,2°C
Moisture idx
-0,71
Mean runoff
17mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
147m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Macquarie Riversub-area763,7 km²overlap111.90 km²58%
- Bassin de Macquarie Riversub-area592,9 km²overlap55.59 km²29%
- Bassin de Long Plain Cowalsub-area503,7 km²overlap10.89 km²6%
- Bassin de Bulgeraga Creeksub-area257,3 km²overlap9.17 km²5%
- Bassin de Marthaguy Creeksub-area950,1 km²overlap5.48 km²3%
Rivers / streams (3, 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
- -30.95735, 147.52245
- 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.