Commune · IND
Palani
India
Species observed
494
Observations
20 813
Area
1 529,5km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Palani : 25 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 47 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
494 distinct species · 20 813 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
27,3°C
Annual rain
802mm
Warmest m°
35,8°C
Coldest m°
18,4°C
Elevation: 353 m on average (min 218 m, max 1 268 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
7,0
Org. C
19,3g/kg
Clay
30,7%
Sand
43,4%
Silt
25,9%
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)
Hydrology6 basins · 30 lakes · 10 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
225,2km
Lake surface here
12,57km²
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
5 635km²
Discharge in basins
6,9m³/s
Mean precip.
813mm/an
Mean T°
25,8°C
Moisture idx
-0,48
Mean runoff
194mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
554m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Nanganji Arusub-area708,5 km²overlap464.89 km²30%
- Bassin de Porunthalarsub-area842,3 km²overlap451.96 km²30%
- Bassin de Amaravathisub-area1 921,1 km²overlap364.64 km²24%
- Bassin de Amaravathi Riversub-area1 543 km²overlap221.37 km²14%
- Bassin de Kudakanarsub-area2 262,1 km²overlap26.63 km²2%
- Bassin de Amaravathisub-area84 km²overlap0.02 km²0%
Lakes (30, top by area)
- Lake #79766area4,8 km²avg depth9.1 m
- Lac 1402139area0,6 km²avg depth12.0 m
- Lac 1402100area0,6 km²avg depth6.7 m
- Lac 1402002area0,5 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1402047area0,4 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1402063area0,4 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1402051area0,4 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1402094area0,4 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 1402090area0,3 km²avg depth1.9 m
21 more lakes
- Lac 1401952area0,3 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1401913area0,3 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1402103area0,3 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1402075area0,3 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lac 1401988area0,3 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1402052area0,3 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1402095area0,3 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1402086area0,2 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lac 1402102area0,2 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1401991area0,2 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1402024area0,2 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1402058area0,2 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1401950area0,2 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1402061area0,2 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1402131area0,2 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1402142area0,2 km²avg depth6.3 m
- Lac 1402035area0,2 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lac 1402151area0,1 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1402122area0,1 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1402106area0,1 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1402107area0,1 km²avg depth1.2 m
Rivers / streams (10, ord ≥ 4)
- Nanganji Aruord 3len here74.93 km75%total100 km
- Nallathangal Odaiord 2len here59.27 km70%total84 km
- Porunthalarord 3len here23.75 km58%total41 km
- Shanmuganadiord 4len here23.20 km58%total40 km
- Amaravathi Riverord 4len here13.72 km28%total49 km
- Varadhamanadhiord 2len here11.27 km44%total26 km
- Seradi Pallamord 2len here8.04 km100%total8 km
- Amaravathi riverord 4len here4.27 km13%total34 km
- Palarord 2len here3.71 km42%total9 km
- Amaravathiord 5len here3.04 km1%total259 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
3hab/km²
Night light
1,1nW
Built-up
157,8%
Pesticides
4,6kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)