Koshi Tappu - Buffer Zone
IUCN VIWildlife Reserve - Buffer Zone · 2004
173 km²
Subdivision · NPL
Nepal
Species observed
450
Observations
13 408
Area
11km²
Sample of 29 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).
Tissu écologique de Madhuwan : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 46 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
450 distinct species · 13 408 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
25,0°C
Annual rain
1 641mm
Warmest m°
34,3°C
Coldest m°
11,2°C
Elevation: 86 m on average (min 83 m, max 90 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
6,5
Org. C
13,8g/kg
Clay
20,7%
Sand
48,9%
Silt
30,3%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiMaggregated to Koshi
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Basins crossed
3
Max drainage
54 581km²
Discharge in basins
3,0m³/s
Mean precip.
1 389mm/an
Mean T°
24,8°C
Moisture idx
-0,12
Mean runoff
723mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
80m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
11hab/km²
Night light
0,4nW
Built-up
246,7%
Pesticides
1,1kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Wildlife Reserve - Buffer Zone · 2004
173 km²
Wildlife Reserve · 1976
149 km²
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 1987
135 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN