Commune · IND
Ottappalam
India
Species observed
1 179
Observations
165 856
Area
843,9km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Ottappalam : 21 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 30 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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
1 179 distinct species · 165 856 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
27,1°C
Annual rain
2 614mm
Warmest m°
35,9°C
Coldest m°
21,5°C
Elevation: 55 m on average (min 8 m, max 177 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
27,5g/kg
Clay
29,9%
Sand
42,4%
Silt
27,7%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiMaggregated to Palakkad
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)
Hydrology6 basins · 0 lakes · 22 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
255,9km
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
6 187km²
Discharge in basins
177,7m³/s
Mean precip.
2 610mm/an
Mean T°
27,1°C
Moisture idx
0,40
Mean runoff
1 614mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
129m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Bharathapuzhasub-area669,4 km²overlap421.76 km²50%
- Bassin de Kunthisub-area1 030,9 km²overlap287.28 km²34%
- Bassin de Bharathapuzhasub-area495,4 km²overlap100.96 km²12%
- Bassin de Bharathapuzhasub-area220 km²overlap26.42 km²3%
- Bassin de Kurumalisub-area1 806,7 km²overlap6.04 km²1%
- Bassin de Gayathri Riversub-area1 063,6 km²overlap1.40 km²0%
Rivers / streams (22, ord ≥ 4)
- Bharathapuzhaord 5len here83.63 km50%total167 km
- Kunthiord 4len here48.78 km54%total91 km
- thodeord 5len here20.60 km100%total21 km
- kulapulli streamord 2len here13.87 km100%total14 km
- Kanjirappuzha Canalord 2len here13.01 km58%total23 km
- Thirundi Thoduord 3len here12.24 km79%total15 km
- Karimpuzhaord 3len here9.80 km51%total19 km
- KUNTHIord 4len here9.69 km65%total15 km
- Pinnampara Thoduord 2len here9.50 km77%total12 km
- paloor thodeord 2len here8.49 km100%total9 km
- chevikkal padiord 1len here4.56 km100%total5 km
- koonathara thodeord 1len here3.73 km100%total4 km
10 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Kakkathoduord 2len here3.58 km34%total10 km
- Ar===ord 2len here3.00 km100%total3 km
- Cheerakuzhy Irrigation Canalord 4len here2.35 km15%total16 km
- punnathil thoduord 1len here2.09 km52%total4 km
- ms 24 kadamazhipuramord 2len here2.01 km100%total2 km
- ms 2 kadampazhipuramord 1len here1.73 km64%total3 km
- rhodword 1len here1.60 km100%total2 km
- Kumarappana thoduord 1len here0.89 km8%total11 km
- pulapatta thoduord 1len here0.69 km100%total1 km
- Naranipuzhaord 3len here0.08 km0%total23 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
10hab/km²
Night light
0,9nW
Built-up
278,2%
Pesticides
4,9kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)