HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080030130
Bassin de Payaswini
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Dakshina Kannada, Kasaragod, Kodagu
Sub-basin area
1 334,8km²
Upstream area
1 334,8km²
Discharge
133,51m³/s
Mean elev.
281m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 535.2 km²40.3% of basin
- 492.1 km²37.0% of basin
- 302.3 km²22.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Western Ghats
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
27.78 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 071 distinct species · 93 793 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Bassin de Payaswini : 23 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 22 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
25,8°C
Annual rain
4 415mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,67
Runoff
2 560mm/an
PET
1 433mm
AET
1 019mm
Mean slope
9,8°
Water table
368cm
Forest
95%
Crops
41%
Urban
4%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)