State Conservation Area · aus
Upper Nepean
- Area
- 251 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Ia
- Year
- 2008
Overview
- Designation
- State Conservation Area
- IUCN category
- Ia · Réserve naturelle intégrale
Protection stricte, accès limité aux fins scientifiques
- Established
- 2008
- Managing authority
- AU-NSW_DCCEEW
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 107 distinct species · 36 005 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 Upper Nepean : 23 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 42 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology2 basins · 2 lakes · 8 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
71,2km
Lake surface here
0,01km²
Basins crossed
2
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
1 787km²
Discharge in basins
2,3m³/s
Mean precip.
1 164mm/an
Mean T°
15,2°C
Moisture idx
-0,05
Mean runoff
291mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
321m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (2, top by area)
Rivers / streams (8, ord ≥ 4)
- Nepean Riverord 5len here25.28 km14%total185 km
- Burke Riverord 3len here10.98 km72%total15 km
- Cordeaux Riverord 3len here9.78 km35%total28 km
- Avon Riverord 2len here9.21 km27%total34 km
- Little Burke Riverord 2len here7.59 km80%total10 km
- Little Riverord 4len here5.49 km14%total40 km
- Chain of Ponds Creekord 1len here2.30 km44%total5 km
- Explorers Creekord 1len here0.62 km89%total1 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
- -34.37667, 150.62324
- 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.