Commune · IND
Kottayam
India
Species observed
1 150
Observations
153 392
Area
497,9km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Kottayam : 24 espèces reliées par 45 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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
1 150 distinct species · 153 392 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
26,8°C
Annual rain
3 243mm
Warmest m°
34,5°C
Coldest m°
21,2°C
Elevation: 29 m on average (min -28 m, max 123 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
5,4
Org. C
32,2g/kg
Clay
31,9%
Sand
35,5%
Silt
32,5%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiMaggregated to Kottayam
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)
Hydrology5 basins · 1 lakes · 23 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
107,4km
Lake surface here
0,36km²
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
1 810km²
Discharge in basins
31,8m³/s
Mean precip.
3 125mm/an
Mean T°
27,1°C
Moisture idx
0,52
Mean runoff
1 856mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
92m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Meenachilsub-area1 318,6 km²overlap336.88 km²68%
- Bassin de Muvattupuzha Riversub-area1 809,4 km²overlap73.62 km²15%
- Bassin de Maruthanal - Mavelimuttusub-area87,5 km²overlap65.21 km²13%
- Bassin de Manimala Riversub-area802,4 km²overlap22.18 km²4%
- Bassin de Chitrapuzhasub-area660,9 km²overlap0.00 km²0%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (23, ord ≥ 4)
- Meenachilord 4len here26.65 km24%total110 km
- Maruthanal - Mavelimuttuord 1len here8.41 km100%total8 km
- Manimala Riverord 5len here8.16 km68%total12 km
- Meenachil Riverord 1len here7.21 km100%total7 km
- Puthan thoduord 4len here7.17 km100%total7 km
- Meenachilord 4len here6.70 km94%total7 km
- Valiyathoduord 3len here6.28 km49%total13 km
- valiyapallom thoduord 5len here6.23 km55%total11 km
- Srambi Kadavuord 3len here5.33 km59%total9 km
- njandupara thoduord 2len here3.59 km88%total4 km
- pachathoduord 1len here3.38 km100%total3 km
- kannankara thoduord 4len here3.13 km100%total3 km
11 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Chirappurathukadavu Thoduord 3len here2.93 km29%total10 km
- Manimala riverord 1len here1.80 km100%total2 km
- manimala riverord 2len here1.76 km100%total2 km
- Kodur Riverord 4len here1.76 km100%total2 km
- Chakrampady Canalord 2len here1.76 km100%total2 km
- Kanjikuzhi Thoduord 1len here1.43 km100%total1 km
- kodur riverord 3len here1.30 km100%total1 km
- kakka thoduord 1len here0.97 km99%total1 km
- Meenachil Riverord 1len here0.97 km99%total1 km
- Ponnozhukum thoduord 2len here0.53 km7%total7 km
- pannagom thoduord 2len here≈ tangenttotal1 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
11hab/km²
Night light
1,7nW
Built-up
465,1%
Pesticides
4,9kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)