Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · aus
Western District Lakes
- Area
- 327 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1982
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 1982
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
569 distinct species · 7 707 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 Western District Lakes : 28 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 41 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 7.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology3 basins · 8 lakes · 9 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
31,1km
Lake surface here
278,72km²
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
4 572km²
Discharge in basins
2,3m³/s
Mean precip.
683mm/an
Mean T°
13,3°C
Moisture idx
-0,37
Mean runoff
224mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
160m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (8, top by area)
- Corangamitearea213,3 km²avg depth5.2 m
- Lake Gnarpurtarea22,4 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Lake Murdedukearea15,1 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Lake Colongulacarea14,6 km²avg depth5.0 m
- Lake Beeacarea6,3 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lake Bookararea4,2 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lake Gundarearea2,5 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lake Milangilarea1,4 km²avg depth2.3 m
Rivers / streams (9, ord ≥ 4)
- Gnarkeet Creekord 4len here10.55 km21%total49 km
- Mia Mia Creekord 2len here5.66 km9%total65 km
- Pirron Yallock Creekord 3len here5.55 km30%total18 km
- Woady Yaloak Creekord 5len here3.50 km16%total22 km
- Mack Creekord 3len here1.59 km32%total5 km
- Brown's Waterholesord 3len here1.28 km4%total30 km
- Spring Gullyord 1len here1.08 km6%total19 km
- Haunted Gullyord 3len here1.07 km5%total20 km
- Barwon Riverord 5len here0.84 km0%total183 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
- -38.19674, 143.37963
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.