District · IRQ
Balad
Iraq
Species observed
232
Observations
16 330
Area
3 160km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 20 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 Balad : 10 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 50 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 26.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
232 distinct species · 16 330 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
24,2°C
Annual rain
160mm
Warmest m°
43,3°C
Coldest m°
5,2°C
Elevation: 48 m on average (min 33 m, max 79 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
7,8
Org. C
6,9g/kg
Clay
33,2%
Sand
17,3%
Silt
49,5%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: suGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology21 basins · 14 lakes · 6 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
156,5km
Lake surface here
243,54km²
Basins crossed
21
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
129 342km²
Discharge in basins
1 028,6m³/s
Mean precip.
151mm/an
Mean T°
22,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,91
Mean runoff
11mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
51m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de مشروع الإسحاقيsub-area797,2 km²overlap697.47 km²22%
- Bassin de ذراع دجلةsub-area1 367,8 km²overlap554.14 km²18%
- Bassin de مجرى البزلsub-area697,8 km²overlap542.10 km²17%
- Basin #62320sub-area496,9 km²overlap333.95 km²11%
- Basin #64650sub-area476,3 km²overlap296.60 km²9%
- Bassin de نهر دجلةsub-area193,9 km²overlap143.87 km²5%
- Bassin de ذراع دجلةsub-area665,8 km²overlap106.87 km²3%
- Basin #67120sub-area222,9 km²overlap97.32 km²3%
- Basin #61080sub-area233,2 km²overlap87.45 km²3%
12 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de نهر دجلةsub-area705,2 km²overlap80.90 km²3%
- Basin #62560sub-area89,2 km²overlap75.54 km²2%
- Basin #61090sub-area156,3 km²overlap41.21 km²1%
- Bassin de نهر دجلةsub-area1 183,2 km²overlap32.74 km²1%
- Bassin de نهر الجمعية الفراجيةsub-area23,6 km²overlap22.26 km²1%
- Basin #62310sub-area534 km²overlap21.69 km²1%
- Basin #61570sub-area756,7 km²overlap16.56 km²1%
- Basin #61440sub-area2 425,2 km²overlap3.41 km²0%
- Bassin de نهر السقي بدون سدةsub-area389,9 km²overlap2.78 km²0%
- Basin #62570sub-area2,3 km²overlap2.30 km²0%
- Basin #57380sub-area383,7 km²overlap0.58 km²0%
- Bassin de نهر العظيمsub-area780,3 km²overlap0.27 km²0%
Lakes (14, top by area)
- Buhayrat ath Tharthararea1 698,9 km²avg depth25.6 m
- Lake #74903area3 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lake #74923area2,4 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lake #74907area1,4 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lake #74913area1,1 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1373302area0,7 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lac 1373378area0,3 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lac 1373333area0,3 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1373299area0,3 km²avg depth1.6 m
Rivers / streams (6, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
4,5nW
Built-up
49,7%
Pesticides
22,8kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)