Commune · IND
Kanchipuram
India
Species observed
382
Observations
55 843
Area
640km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Kanchipuram : 26 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 47 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
382 distinct species · 55 843 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
28,1°C
Annual rain
1 196mm
Warmest m°
37,9°C
Coldest m°
19,0°C
Elevation: 76 m on average (min 45 m, max 117 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
7,0
Org. C
20,7g/kg
Clay
33,5%
Sand
36,5%
Silt
30,0%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiMaggregated to Kancheepuram
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology7 basins · 29 lakes · 4 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
98,3km
Lake surface here
13,37km²
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
16 662km²
Discharge in basins
35,4m³/s
Mean precip.
1 068mm/an
Mean T°
28,3°C
Moisture idx
-0,39
Mean runoff
360mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
90m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Palarsub-area731,9 km²overlap289.39 km²45%
- Bassin de Palarsub-area885,8 km²overlap180.01 km²28%
- Basin #35880sub-area240 km²overlap71.24 km²11%
- Bassin de கூவம் ஆறுsub-area2 216,3 km²overlap56.48 km²9%
- Bassin de Cheyyārusub-area521,2 km²overlap27.58 km²4%
- Bassin de Cheyyārusub-area48,4 km²overlap15.29 km²2%
- Bassin de Kortalaiyarsub-area1 217,9 km²overlap0.00 km²0%
Lakes (29, top by area)
- Tenneri Tankarea6,7 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lake #79384area1,1 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lac 1399626area0,9 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1399792area0,8 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1399525area0,8 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1399662area0,8 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1399655area0,7 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1399575area0,7 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1399551area0,6 km²avg depth1.5 m
20 more lakes
- Lac 1399562area0,5 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1399546area0,4 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1399666area0,4 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1399518area0,4 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1399517area0,3 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1399631area0,3 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1399737area0,3 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1399713area0,3 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1399773area0,3 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1399629area0,3 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1399522area0,3 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1399507area0,3 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1399460area0,2 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1399854area0,2 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1399416area0,2 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1399552area0,2 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1399557area0,2 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1399689area0,2 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1399581area0,2 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1399497area0,1 km²avg depth1.1 m
Rivers / streams (4, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
8hab/km²
Night light
2,5nW
Built-up
219,1%
Pesticides
3,9kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)