Department · MRT
Kankossa
Mauritania
Species observed
219
Observations
1 848
Area
11 655,5km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 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 Kankossa : 22 espèces + 1 bulle famille, 14 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 5.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
219 distinct species · 1 848 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
30,2°C
Annual rain
386mm
Warmest m°
41,2°C
Coldest m°
17,0°C
Elevation: 189 m on average (min 60 m, max 411 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
4,3g/kg
Clay
19,7%
Sand
64,4%
Silt
15,9%
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
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology27 basins · 7 lakes · 29 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
534,6km
Lake surface here
3,29km²
Basins crossed
27
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
91 118km²
Discharge in basins
8,4m³/s
Mean precip.
322mm/an
Mean T°
28,8°C
Moisture idx
-0,85
Mean runoff
25mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
175m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Oued Niakhléesub-area2 554,7 km²overlap2489.23 km²21%
- Bassin de Oûdeï Gaouyérésub-area1 819,3 km²overlap1812.94 km²16%
- Bassin de Kolimbinésub-area1 136,9 km²overlap1132.89 km²10%
- Bassin de Oûedeï el Ghorbânesub-area2 563,1 km²overlap856.55 km²7%
- Bassin de Oued el Mancoûrsub-area1 352,3 km²overlap677.11 km²6%
- Bassin de Kolimbinésub-area1 722,5 km²overlap650.69 km²6%
- Bassin de Kolimbinésub-area772,5 km²overlap599.40 km²5%
- Bassin de Boubatasub-area816,3 km²overlap464.13 km²4%
- Bassin de Changol séoundesub-area908,9 km²overlap400.02 km²3%
18 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Oued Kouroudjelsub-area326,6 km²overlap325.51 km²3%
- Bassin de Magouainettsub-area920,2 km²overlap300.04 km²3%
- Bassin de El Kembessub-area1 622,1 km²overlap262.43 km²2%
- Bassin de Oued Kouroudjelsub-area265,2 km²overlap246.80 km²2%
- Bassin de Oued Bounguelsub-area935,5 km²overlap218.85 km²2%
- Bassin de Oued el Mancoûrsub-area446,3 km²overlap211.96 km²2%
- Bassin de Karakorosub-area529 km²overlap209.88 km²2%
- Bassin de الحلـــــهsub-area157,1 km²overlap156.57 km²1%
- Bassin de Mare Kankossa بركة كنكوصهsub-area224,8 km²overlap156.31 km²1%
- Bassin de El Ouadhdhânesub-area135 km²overlap133.98 km²1%
- Bassin de Kolimbinésub-area1 498 km²overlap133.03 km²1%
- Bassin de Oued Lahraj وادي لاهراجsub-area744,9 km²overlap126.77 km²1%
- Bassin de Kolimbinésub-area217,2 km²overlap71.01 km²1%
- Bassin de Kiffasub-area185,5 km²overlap4.66 km²0%
- Bassin de Oued Taghadésub-area354,4 km²overlap2.57 km²0%
- Basin #08440sub-area851,9 km²overlap2.51 km²0%
- Bassin de Oued Hasseï Sidi Ahmedsub-area1 863 km²overlap1.78 km²0%
- Basin #91700sub-area591,8 km²overlap1.00 km²0%
Lakes (7, top by area)
Rivers / streams (29, ord ≥ 4)
- Oued Kouroudjelord 5len here107.93 km95%total114 km
- Kolimbinéord 6len here78.33 km23%total334 km
- Oued Niakhléeord 4len here42.64 km100%total43 km
- Mare Mzaligord 2len here40.29 km99%total41 km
- Djeli Mahe Noirord 6len here37.35 km70%total53 km
- Oûdeï Gaouyéréord 4len here36.24 km100%total36 km
- Fra' Jerkord 3len here32.15 km61%total52 km
- El Ouadhdhâneord 2len here25.65 km100%total26 km
- Oued el Bardaord 3len here18.02 km71%total25 km
- Oued Magt’a Safiaord 3len here16.93 km100%total17 km
- Oued Ouéringuelord 5len here14.34 km98%total15 km
- Oued Garallaord 4len here13.47 km100%total13 km
17 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Mali - موريتانياord 3len here10.43 km38%total27 km
- Mare Kankossa بركة كنكوصهord 5len here9.75 km60%total16 km
- Modrossord 2len here8.53 km100%total9 km
- Oued Karakoroord 5len here5.43 km31%total18 km
- الحلـــــهord 2len here5.24 km100%total5 km
- Magouainettord 6len here4.73 km9%total53 km
- Oued el ’Adamord 1len here4.70 km100%total5 km
- Oued Karakoro وادي كراكوروord 5len here4.51 km34%total13 km
- Oûdeï Niaghléord 5len here4.23 km100%total4 km
- Boubataord 3len here3.92 km9%total43 km
- Tafara kôord 3len here3.03 km51%total6 km
- Oudene el Frasord 1len here2.84 km42%total7 km
- Changol séoundeord 2len here2.18 km4%total49 km
- Karakoroord 5len here1.19 km1%total220 km
- Oued El Wedhanord 1len here0.33 km34%total1 km
- Oued Lahrajord 3len here0.24 km3%total7 km
- Djéli Mahé Blancord 3len here0.02 km0%total74 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
3,0%
Pesticides
0,2kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)