Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · ind
Chilika Lake
- Area
- 1 278 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1981
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 1981
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
842 distinct species · 81 767 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 16 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 Chilika Lake : 9 espèces reliées par 38 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 31.7%, 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).
Hydrology7 basins · 10 lakes · 2 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
75,5km
Lake surface here
789,17km²
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
5 298km²
Discharge in basins
198,5m³/s
Mean precip.
1 288mm/an
Mean T°
26,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,10
Mean runoff
671mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
43m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Salia Riversub-area2 322,4 km²overlap925.26 km²72%
- Bassin de Dayaa Riversub-area2 048,8 km²overlap118.13 km²9%
- Bassin de Dalur Canalsub-area155,3 km²overlap71.29 km²6%
- Bassin de Bhargabi Riversub-area67 km²overlap50.28 km²4%
- Basin #27280sub-area45,2 km²overlap45.10 km²4%
- Basin #27270sub-area151,1 km²overlap32.15 km²3%
- Bassin de Puri Main Canalsub-area813,4 km²overlap19.56 km²2%
Lakes (10, top by area)
- Chilikaarea843,2 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Chilika Lakearea1,9 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lake #78265area1,3 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Chilika Lakearea1,1 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1392504area0,6 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lac 1392641area0,5 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1392691area0,4 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1392455area0,2 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1392680area0,2 km²avg depth1.8 m
1 more lakes
Rivers / streams (2, ord ≥ 4)
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
- 19.69815, 85.39170
- 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.