National Park · nzl
Whanganui National Park
- Area
- 744 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1986
Overview
- Designation
- National Park
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1986
- Managing authority
- Department of Conservation
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
276 distinct species · 4 988 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 43 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 Whanganui National Park : 38 espèces reliées par 74 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology8 basins · 0 lakes · 34 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
223,4km
Basins crossed
8
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
7 115km²
Discharge in basins
143,7m³/s
Mean precip.
1 608mm/an
Mean T°
12,3°C
Moisture idx
0,40
Max snow
16%
Mean runoff
1 068mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
311m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Whangamōmona Riversub-area647,5 km²overlap210.15 km²28%
- Bassin de Whanganui Riversub-area1 286,2 km²overlap203.13 km²27%
- Bassin de Whanganui Riversub-area728,7 km²overlap164.09 km²22%
- Bassin de Waitōtara Riversub-area1 141,6 km²overlap84.47 km²11%
- Bassin de Tāngarākau Riversub-area612,4 km²overlap64.07 km²9%
- Bassin de Whanganui Riversub-area385,2 km²overlap15.56 km²2%
- Bassin de Manganuioteao Riversub-area625,1 km²overlap1.94 km²0%
- Bassin de Ōhura Riversub-area777,2 km²overlap0.51 km²0%
Rivers / streams (34, ord ≥ 4)
- Whanganui Riverord 5len here90.52 km25%total360 km
- Mangapūrua Streamord 2len here20.61 km90%total23 km
- Heao Streamord 3len here16.26 km33%total49 km
- Mangaio Streamord 3len here13.52 km89%total15 km
- Omaru Streamord 3len here12.89 km38%total34 km
- Kaiwhakauka Streamord 2len here9.70 km60%total16 km
- Mangaone Streamord 2len here8.53 km30%total29 km
- Tangahoe Streamord 2len here6.46 km57%total11 km
- Ahuahu Streamord 2len here5.88 km18%total33 km
- Puraroto Streamord 2len here5.72 km60%total10 km
- Tāngarākau Riverord 4len here5.60 km5%total116 km
- Tautarakapua Streamord 2len here4.16 km100%total4 km
22 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Puwawa Streamord 5len here3.95 km58%total7 km
- Te Maire Streamord 5len here2.38 km16%total15 km
- Piraruhe Streamord 2len here2.09 km21%total10 km
- Putaiti Streamord 5len here2.07 km66%total3 km
- Pouri Stream East Branchord 1len here1.62 km100%total2 km
- Ōhura Riverord 4len here1.53 km1%total113 km
- Manganuioteao Riverord 4len here1.37 km2%total70 km
- Riripo Streamord 1len here1.35 km65%total2 km
- Whangamōmona Riverord 3len here1.25 km2%total72 km
- Pakikau Streamord 1len here1.23 km64%total2 km
- Upokonui Streamord 5len here1.16 km13%total9 km
- Otoutahi Streamord 5len here0.85 km16%total5 km
- Makokoti Streamord 1len here0.70 km29%total2 km
- Pouri Streamord 1len here0.69 km101%total1 km
- Mangatiti Streamord 3len here0.69 km6%total12 km
- Owhironui Streamord 1len here0.40 km25%total2 km
- Retaruke Riverord 4len here0.17 km0%total63 km
- Kururau Streamord 1len here0.09 km5%total2 km
- Oruawhiro Streamord 3len here0.01 km0%total3 km
- Waikauwau Streamord 2len here≈ tangenttotal11 km
- Te Ruamoku Streamord 5len here≈ tangenttotal4 km
- Ōrongotea Streamord 5len here≈ tangenttotal5 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
- -39.38095, 174.88301
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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.