Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 2022
12 km²
District · IND
Kancheepuram
India
AwTropical, savannah(100 %)
Species observed
2 059
Observations
657 107
Area
4 655,8km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Kancheepuram : 22 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 39 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
30
Interactions affichées
39
Connectance
0.090
Patrimoniales
3
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
2 059 distinct species · 657 107 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
28,0°C
Annual rain
1 272mm
Warmest m°
36,2°C
Coldest m°
20,4°C
Elevation: 39 m on average (min -8 m, max 117 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
28,0°C
Annual rain
1 272mm
Warmest month
36,2°C
Coldest month
20,4°C
Mean alt.
39m
Min
-8m
Max
117m
Std. dev.
24m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
AwTropical, savannah(100 %)Tropical
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
6,9
Org. C
24,5g/kg
Clay
34,1%
Sand
35,5%
Silt
30,4%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
6,8
Org. C
35,5g/kg
Clay
31,9%
Sand
36,9%
Silt
31,2%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
6,9
Org. C
21,3g/kg
Clay
34,1%
Sand
35,3%
Silt
30,6%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
6,9
Org. C
16,7g/kg
Clay
36,2%
Sand
34,3%
Silt
29,5%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest10.2%
Crops50.8%
Built-up3.0%
Bare soil2.4%
Other (grassland, water…)33.5%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology15 basins · 50 lakes · 30 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
452,2km
Lake surface here
80,57km²
Basins crossed
15
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
17 994km²
Discharge in basins
207,2m³/s
Mean precip.
1 110mm/an
Mean T°
28,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,36
Mean runoff
413mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
47m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de கூவம் ஆறுsub-area2 216,3 km²overlap1639.20 km²35%
- Bassin de Palarsub-area885,8 km²overlap866.98 km²19%
- Bassin de Maduranthakam Kalkulam Canalsub-area1 121,5 km²overlap606.83 km²13%
- Bassin de Buckingham Kaalvaaisub-area861,9 km²overlap465.47 km²10%
- Bassin de Palarsub-area731,9 km²overlap289.39 km²6%
- Bassin de Palarsub-area210,5 km²overlap209.65 km²5%
- Bassin de Buckingham Kaalvaaisub-area191,5 km²overlap178.76 km²4%
- Bassin de Buckingham Kaalvaaisub-area180,6 km²overlap177.27 km²4%
- Bassin de Cheyyārusub-area521,2 km²overlap78.38 km²2%
6 more basinssorted by overlap
- Basin #35880sub-area240 km²overlap71.24 km²2%
- Bassin de Cheyyārusub-area48,4 km²overlap48.17 km²1%
- Basin #28600sub-area26,7 km²overlap21.73 km²0%
- Bassin de Kortalaiyarsub-area1 217,9 km²overlap2.30 km²0%
- Bassin de Kosasthalaiyar Riversub-area661,8 km²overlap0.42 km²0%
- Basin #28620sub-area35 km²overlap0.00 km²0%
Lakes (50, top by area)
- Chembarambākkam Tankarea12,6 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Tenneri Tankarea6,7 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Madurāntakam Tankarea6,3 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Chingleput Tankarea6,1 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Lake #79430area2,6 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Agaram Lakearea2,6 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Uttaramerūr Tankarea2,2 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lake #79424area2 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lake #79413area1,8 km²avg depth1.0 m
41 more lakes
- Lake #79437area1,5 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lake #79436area1,5 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lake #79451area1,5 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #79448area1,4 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lake #79360area1,3 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lake #79392area1,3 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lake #79474area1,3 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lake #79466area1,2 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lake #79388area1,1 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #79417area1,1 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Chettipunniyam lakearea1,1 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lake #79505area1,1 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lake #79384area1,1 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lake #79442area1 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lac 1400526area1 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1399916area1 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1400215area1 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1399211area1 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1400239area0,9 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1399626area0,9 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1399799area0,9 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1399792area0,8 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1399683area0,8 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1400168area0,8 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1399400area0,8 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1399525area0,8 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1399936area0,8 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1399662area0,8 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1400254area0,7 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1399655area0,7 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1399793area0,7 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1400365area0,7 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 1400384area0,7 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1399575area0,7 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1399651area0,6 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1399461area0,6 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1399875area0,6 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1400439area0,6 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1399953area0,6 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1399582area0,6 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1399450area0,6 km²avg depth2.4 m
Rivers / streams (30, ord ≥ 4)
- Palarord 5len here145.45 km24%total603 km
- Ninjalamaduord 3len here38.74 km100%total39 km
- Cheyyāruord 4len here32.05 km10%total329 km
- Adyar Riverord 4len here27.41 km100%total27 km
- Maduranthakam Kalkulam Canalord 1len here21.12 km100%total21 km
- Buckingham Kaalvaaiord 3len here16.94 km99%total17 km
- Krishna Canalord 3len here16.23 km83%total20 km
- Buckingham Kaalvaaiord 1len here14.94 km99%total15 km
- Joins with Chembarampakkam Surplusord 3len here14.62 km100%total15 km
- Buckingham Kaalvaaiord 3len here13.71 km90%total15 km
- Buckingham Kaalvaaiord 5len here11.65 km100%total12 km
- கூவம் ஆறுord 3len here11.58 km16%total72 km
18 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Buckingham Kaalvaaiord 3len here11.32 km86%total13 km
- Okkiyam Maduvuord 2len here10.51 km84%total13 km
- Buckingham Kaalvaaiord 1len here8.98 km100%total9 km
- Vegavathiord 1len here8.09 km100%total8 km
- Krishna Canalord 1len here7.33 km100%total7 km
- Chembarambakkam irrigation canalord 2len here6.00 km100%total6 km
- Chembrampakkam Surplus to Adayarord 4len here5.75 km100%total6 km
- Chembarampakkam water for irrigationord 4len here4.41 km100%total4 km
- Chembarambakkam Irrigation canalord 2len here4.00 km100%total4 km
- Buckingham Kaalvaaiord 3len here3.92 km93%total4 km
- Thaiyur Odaiord 3len here3.66 km94%total4 km
- Buckingham Kaalvaaiord 1len here3.48 km69%total5 km
- Buckingham Kaalvaaiord 4len here2.45 km17%total15 km
- Buckingham Kaalvaaiord 1len here2.44 km100%total2 km
- Buckingham Kaalvaaiord 1len here1.97 km100%total2 km
- Surplus water drainord 1len here1.70 km38%total4 km
- Veerangal Canalord 1len here1.57 km40%total4 km
- Buckingham Kaalvaaiord 3len here0.17 km2%total9 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
10hab/km²
Night light
4,5nW
Built-up
305,1%
Pesticides
4,0kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas3
IUCN Not Reported · 1IUCN V · 1IUCN IV · 1
Karikili Bird Sanctuary
IUCN VWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 2022
1 km²
Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 2022
0 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN