Commune · IND
Kodaikkanal
India
Species observed
1 599
Observations
85 047
Area
1 030,3km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 21 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 Kodaikkanal : 17 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 21 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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
1 599 distinct species · 85 047 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
19,3°C
Annual rain
1 529mm
Warmest m°
26,4°C
Coldest m°
11,4°C
Elevation: 1 455 m on average (min 294 m, max 2 389 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
5,7
Org. C
43,1g/kg
Clay
33,8%
Sand
36,1%
Silt
30,2%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiMaggregated to Dindigul
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)
Hydrology8 basins · 3 lakes · 16 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
137,6km
Lake surface here
1,56km²
Basins crossed
8
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
5 635km²
Discharge in basins
9,3m³/s
Mean precip.
999mm/an
Mean T°
24,6°C
Moisture idx
-0,34
Mean runoff
283mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
731m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Porunthalarsub-area842,3 km²overlap349.46 km²34%
- Bassin de Amaravathi Riversub-area1 543 km²overlap222.00 km²22%
- Bassin de Varaha Nadhisub-area969,4 km²overlap176.83 km²17%
- Bassin de Manjalarsub-area472,8 km²overlap175.98 km²17%
- Bassin de Kudakanarsub-area2 262,1 km²overlap53.73 km²5%
- Bassin de Theniarsub-area412,9 km²overlap24.62 km²2%
- Bassin de Amaravathisub-area1 921,1 km²overlap16.85 km²2%
- Bassin de Nanganji Arusub-area708,5 km²overlap10.83 km²1%
Lakes (3, top by area)
Rivers / streams (16, ord ≥ 4)
- Manjalarord 3len here24.15 km53%total46 km
- Porunthalarord 3len here17.34 km42%total41 km
- Varadhamanadhiord 2len here14.28 km56%total26 km
- Varaha Nadhiord 3len here11.82 km28%total42 km
- Tevankarai Riverord 1len here10.31 km100%total10 km
- Pulavachi Arord 1len here9.75 km100%total10 km
- Talayarai Arord 2len here8.71 km100%total9 km
- Kudakanarord 4len here7.33 km3%total221 km
- Gundar Riverord 1len here6.89 km100%total7 km
- Navadi Pallamord 1len here5.86 km100%total6 km
- Kumbur Arord 3len here5.43 km43%total13 km
- Palarord 2len here5.19 km58%total9 km
4 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
0,2nW
Built-up
35,2%
Pesticides
4,7kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)