Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · aus
Western Port
- Area
- 600 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
4 600 distinct species · 469 500 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 Port : 28 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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 · 11 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
7,9km
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
1 632km²
Discharge in basins
0,1m³/s
Mean precip.
913mm/an
Mean T°
14,0°C
Moisture idx
-0,10
Max snow
1%
Mean runoff
273mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
65m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (11, ord ≥ 4)
- Bass Riverord 2len here1.32 km3%total46 km
- Western Contour Drainord 2len here1.31 km29%total5 km
- Warringine Creekord 1len here1.10 km23%total5 km
- Olivers Creekord 1len here1.03 km28%total4 km
- Kings Creekord 1len here0.92 km49%total2 km
- Ararat Creekord 4len here0.66 km2%total30 km
- Cardinia Creekord 3len here0.58 km6%total10 km
- Yallock Creekord 3len here0.31 km1%total28 km
- Mosquito Creekord 1len here0.30 km14%total2 km
- Watson Creekord 1len here0.21 km1%total18 km
- Redbill Creekord 1len here0.14 km4%total4 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
- -38.36272, 145.51627
- 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.