Kirthar National Park
IUCN IINational Park (NP) · 1974
2 978 km²
Division · PAK
Karachi
Pakistan
BWhArid, desert, hot(100 %)
Species observed
1 489
Observations
30 029
Area
3 580,3km²
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).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Karachi : 21 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 41 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
27
Interactions affichées
41
Connectance
0.117
Patrimoniales
2
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
1 489 distinct species · 30 029 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
25,8°C
Annual rain
205mm
Warmest m°
35,3°C
Coldest m°
13,2°C
Elevation: 110 m on average (min -7 m, max 504 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
25,8°C
Annual rain
205mm
Warmest month
35,3°C
Coldest month
13,2°C
Mean alt.
110m
Min
-7m
Max
504m
Std. dev.
96m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
BWhArid, desert, hot(100 %)Arid
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
8,0
Org. C
5,2g/kg
Clay
20,2%
Sand
50,0%
Silt
29,7%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: suGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
8,0
Org. C
5,9g/kg
Clay
19,1%
Sand
51,0%
Silt
29,9%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
8,1
Org. C
5,2g/kg
Clay
20,1%
Sand
50,1%
Silt
29,8%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
8,0
Org. C
4,6g/kg
Clay
21,5%
Sand
49,0%
Silt
29,5%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest1.9%
Crops17.0%
Built-up4.3%
Bare soil27.9%
Other (grassland, water…)48.9%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology7 basins · 10 lakes · 14 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
380,8km
Lake surface here
8,74km²
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
9 968km²
Discharge in basins
13,4m³/s
Mean precip.
198mm/an
Mean T°
25,7°C
Moisture idx
-0,88
Mean runoff
63mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
146m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de ملیر ندیsub-area2 270 km²overlap979.83 km²27%
- Bassin de Lyari sewerage drainsub-area929,4 km²overlap895.76 km²25%
- Bassin de دریائے حبsub-area1 437,3 km²overlap734.48 km²21%
- Basin #12790sub-area1 382,2 km²overlap546.51 km²15%
- Bassin de K-IV Canalsub-area545 km²overlap346.29 km²10%
- Bassin de K-IV Canalsub-area1 685 km²overlap63.74 km²2%
- Basin #33850sub-area2 288,5 km²overlap13.69 km²0%
Lakes (10, top by area)
- Hab Lakearea13,9 km²avg depth82.1 m
- Lake #77159area2,3 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lake #77148area1,6 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1385639area0,7 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1385723area0,6 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lac 1385644area0,4 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1385654area0,4 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1385636area0,4 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1385630area0,3 km²avg depth2.0 m
1 more lakes
Rivers / streams (14, ord ≥ 4)
- ملیر ندیord 3len here105.80 km60%total177 km
- کونکر ندیord 3len here59.69 km74%total80 km
- Lyari sewerage drainord 3len here52.38 km100%total52 km
- دریائے حبord 5len here48.33 km81%total59 km
- K-IV Canalord 2len here31.18 km72%total43 km
- Lyari Riverord 3len here18.57 km99%total19 km
- road and railway lineord 3len here17.78 km17%total103 km
- K-IV Canalord 1len here13.90 km87%total16 km
- Gujjar Nalaord 2len here9.82 km100%total10 km
- K-IV Canalord 1len here8.58 km100%total9 km
- Orangi Streamord 1len here6.67 km100%total7 km
- Sewerage wastewaterord 1len here6.05 km100%total6 km
2 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
41hab/km²
Night light
9,4nW
Built-up
430,4%
Pesticides
0,0kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas4
IUCN IV · 2IUCN II · 1IUCN Not Reported · 1
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN