Salawin
IUCN IaWildlife Sanctuary · 1978
880 km²
Commune · MMR
Bawlakhe
Myanmar
AwTropical, savannah(75 %)
Species observed
13
Observations
18
Area
1 886,1km²
Partial data for this territory
Few observations recorded here. Real biodiversity is likely richer.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Species present
13 distinct species · 18 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
23,5°C
Annual rain
1 705mm
Warmest m°
33,0°C
Coldest m°
12,1°C
Elevation: 682 m on average (min 123 m, max 2 142 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
23,5°C
Annual rain
1 705mm
Warmest month
33,0°C
Coldest month
12,1°C
Mean alt.
682m
Min
123m
Max
2 142m
Std. dev.
380m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
AwTropical, savannah(75 %)Tropical
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
5,7
Org. C
25,9g/kg
Clay
30,4%
Sand
40,7%
Silt
28,9%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: smGLiMaggregated to Bawlake
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
5,7
Org. C
39,1g/kg
Clay
28,6%
Sand
41,9%
Silt
29,5%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
5,7
Org. C
24,2g/kg
Clay
29,5%
Sand
41,4%
Silt
29,2%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
5,7
Org. C
14,6g/kg
Clay
33,2%
Sand
38,7%
Silt
28,0%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest80.7%
Crops3.7%
Built-up0.0%
Bare soil0.2%
Other (grassland, water…)15.3%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology10 basins · 0 lakes · 3 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
121,0km
Basins crossed
10
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
239 983km²
Discharge in basins
3 032,7m³/s
Mean precip.
1 306mm/an
Mean T°
24,2°C
Moisture idx
-0,21
Mean runoff
653mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
755m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Htu Chaungsub-area2 330,4 km²overlap695.95 km²37%
- Bassin de Pawn Riversub-area1 245,1 km²overlap395.05 km²21%
- Bassin de Salween Riversub-area377,4 km²overlap351.10 km²19%
- Bassin de Salween Riversub-area1 564 km²overlap271.28 km²14%
- Bassin de Pawn Riversub-area135,8 km²overlap134.51 km²7%
- Bassin de သံလွင်မြစsub-area621,6 km²overlap20.41 km²1%
- Bassin de Salween Riversub-area24,9 km²overlap9.56 km²1%
- Bassin de သံလွင်မြစsub-area70,9 km²overlap5.19 km²0%
- Bassin de သံလွင်မြစ်sub-area711,6 km²overlap3.00 km²0%
1 more basinssorted by overlap
Rivers / streams (3, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
3,1%
Pesticides
3,6kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas1
IUCN Ia · 1
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN