Nam Kan
IUCN VINational Protected Area · 2008
1 449 km²
District · LAO
Pha Oudom
Laos
AwTropical, savannah(80 %)
Species observed
20
Observations
117
Area
1 928,4km²
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Species present
20 distinct species · 117 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
23,4°C
Annual rain
1 740mm
Warmest m°
31,1°C
Coldest m°
12,7°C
Elevation: 686 m on average (min 382 m, max 1 507 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
23,4°C
Annual rain
1 740mm
Warmest month
31,1°C
Coldest month
12,7°C
Mean alt.
686m
Min
382m
Max
1 507m
Std. dev.
196m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
AwTropical, savannah(80 %)Tropical
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
5,3
Org. C
26,7g/kg
Clay
35,2%
Sand
29,0%
Silt
35,8%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: scGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
5,3
Org. C
37,7g/kg
Clay
34,3%
Sand
29,5%
Silt
36,2%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
5,3
Org. C
25,8g/kg
Clay
34,9%
Sand
29,1%
Silt
36,1%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
5,3
Org. C
16,6g/kg
Clay
36,4%
Sand
28,3%
Silt
35,3%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest85.6%
Crops1.4%
Built-up0.0%
Bare soil0.1%
Other (grassland, water…)12.9%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology8 basins · 0 lakes · 2 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
168,7km
Basins crossed
8
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
224 978km²
Discharge in basins
187,8m³/s
Mean precip.
1 515mm/an
Mean T°
23,0°C
Moisture idx
-0,07
Mean runoff
362mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
724m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de ນໍ້າທາsub-area738,3 km²overlap687.26 km²36%
- Bassin de ນໍ້າທາsub-area641,6 km²overlap559.50 km²29%
- Bassin de ນໍ້າທາsub-area3 527,3 km²overlap323.97 km²17%
- Bassin de ນໍ້າທາsub-area571,2 km²overlap296.87 km²15%
- Bassin de ນໍ້າທາsub-area89 km²overlap28.90 km²1%
- Bassin de ແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງsub-area1 203,2 km²overlap19.63 km²1%
- Bassin de ນຳ້ງໍsub-area1 507,9 km²overlap9.28 km²0%
- Bassin de ลำน้ำงาวsub-area802,8 km²overlap2.97 km²0%
Rivers / streams (2, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
3,8%
Pesticides
0,0kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas1
IUCN VI · 1
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN