Indus River ( Indus Dolphin Reserve)
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve (GR) · 1974
1 372 km²
Commune · PAK
Shikarpur
Pakistan
BWhArid, desert, hot(100 %)
Species observed
192
Observations
840
Area
2 908,2km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Shikarpur : 29 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 45 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
38
Interactions affichées
45
Connectance
0.064
Patrimoniales
2
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
192 distinct species · 840 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
27,5°C
Annual rain
121mm
Warmest m°
43,0°C
Coldest m°
9,4°C
Elevation: 58 m on average (min 51 m, max 68 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
27,5°C
Annual rain
121mm
Warmest month
43,0°C
Coldest month
9,4°C
Mean alt.
58m
Min
51m
Max
68m
Std. dev.
3m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
BWhArid, desert, hot(100 %)Arid
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
8,0
Org. C
6,5g/kg
Clay
17,6%
Sand
52,1%
Silt
30,3%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: suGLiMaggregated to Larkana
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
8,0
Org. C
7,9g/kg
Clay
17,4%
Sand
52,6%
Silt
30,0%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
8,0
Org. C
6,5g/kg
Clay
17,6%
Sand
52,1%
Silt
30,3%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
8,0
Org. C
5,1g/kg
Clay
17,8%
Sand
51,5%
Silt
30,7%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest4.7%
Crops68.7%
Built-up0.7%
Bare soil5.9%
Other (grassland, water…)20.0%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology11 basins · 17 lakes · 10 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
213,2km
Lake surface here
7,54km²
Basins crossed
11
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
735 975km²
Discharge in basins
4 245,6m³/s
Mean precip.
139mm/an
Mean T°
27,0°C
Moisture idx
-0,93
Mean runoff
15mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
69m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Northwestern Canalsub-area2 322,5 km²overlap1516.09 km²52%
- Bassin de Kachhi Canalsub-area4 060,3 km²overlap430.46 km²15%
- Bassin de دریائے سندھsub-area2 042,9 km²overlap287.62 km²10%
- Bassin de دریائے سندھsub-area656,7 km²overlap257.76 km²9%
- Bassin de Rice Canalsub-area188,7 km²overlap188.45 km²6%
- Basin #32070sub-area148,9 km²overlap135.58 km²5%
- Bassin de دریائے سندھsub-area160,4 km²overlap34.07 km²1%
- Bassin de Saifullah Canalsub-area1 964,2 km²overlap28.27 km²1%
- Bassin de Warah Canalsub-area986,9 km²overlap17.14 km²1%
2 more basinssorted by overlap
Lakes (17, top by area)
- Lake #76703area1,4 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lake #76707area1,3 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1381935area0,8 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1381884area0,6 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1381833area0,5 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1382025area0,5 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1382220area0,4 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1381873area0,4 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1381948area0,3 km²avg depth1.6 m
8 more lakes
Rivers / streams (10, ord ≥ 4)
- Northwestern Canalord 4len here54.69 km93%total59 km
- Rice Canalord 2len here51.40 km53%total96 km
- دریائے سندھord 8len here47.41 km2%total2796 km
- Warah Canalord 3len here19.08 km19%total101 km
- Shahdad Kot Branchord 3len here10.79 km40%total27 km
- بیگاری کینالord 2len here10.30 km18%total58 km
- دادو کینالord 2len here9.95 km25%total40 km
- Nim Distributaryord 3len here7.76 km100%total8 km
- Indus River (branch)ord 8len here1.82 km23%total8 km
- Khaipur Canal Westord 1len here0.05 km0%total35 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
4hab/km²
Night light
0,4nW
Built-up
72,7%
Pesticides
0,0kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas2
IUCN Not Reported · 2
Dosu Forest
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve (GR) · 1973
23 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN