Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · ind
Hirakud Reservoir
- Area
- 654 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2021
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 2021
- Managing authority
- Divisional Forest Officer, Hirakud Wildlife Division, Sambalpur
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
261 distinct species · 4 020 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 Hirakud Reservoir : 20 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 37 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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 · 15 lakes · 16 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
232,7km
Lake surface here
502,79km²
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
85 649km²
Discharge in basins
433,4m³/s
Mean precip.
1 541mm/an
Mean T°
26,8°C
Moisture idx
-0,12
Mean runoff
646mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
239m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (15, top by area)
- Hirakud Reservoirarea500,8 km²avg depth16.2 m
- Lake #77972area1,1 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lac 1390555area0,6 km²avg depth4.3 m
- Lac 1390556area0,5 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 1390504area0,4 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lac 1390517area0,4 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1390592area0,4 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1390677area0,4 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 1390542area0,4 km²avg depth1.7 m
Rivers / streams (16, ord ≥ 4)
- Ib Riverord 7len here73.57 km26%total278 km
- Mahanadiord 7len here49.19 km3%total1540 km
- Sarsutia Jhorord 2len here20.37 km83%total25 km
- Jambu Nadiord 7len here14.03 km66%total21 km
- Matwaliord 3len here13.44 km38%total36 km
- Keloord 7len here12.36 km7%total184 km
- Bāgdia Jhorord 2len here9.76 km43%total23 km
- Deodarha Nadiord 7len here8.88 km33%total27 km
- Chhote Keloord 3len here8.17 km58%total14 km
- Samardarha Nadiord 2len here5.43 km15%total35 km
- Bhāt Bhīcha Nadiord 2len here5.02 km28%total18 km
- Kukur Bhuta Nadiord 1len here3.82 km42%total9 km
4 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
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
- 21.63963, 83.87102
- 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.