Commune · IND
Varanasi
India
Species observed
719
Observations
17 798
Area
1 551,2km²
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 Varanasi : 24 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 45 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.0%, 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
719 distinct species · 17 798 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
25,7°C
Annual rain
1 057mm
Warmest m°
39,5°C
Coldest m°
9,8°C
Elevation: 79 m on average (min 61 m, max 84 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
7,3
Org. C
10,2g/kg
Clay
29,9%
Sand
29,1%
Silt
41,0%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: suGLiMaggregated to Varanasi
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 · 9 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
256,0km
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
497 140km²
Discharge in basins
3 303,1m³/s
Mean precip.
988mm/an
Mean T°
26,0°C
Moisture idx
-0,42
Max snow
2%
Mean runoff
277mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
85m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Varunasub-area3 262,2 km²overlap589.55 km²38%
- Bassin de Gomatisub-area1 004,7 km²overlap494.59 km²32%
- Bassin de Gangasub-area528,5 km²overlap223.78 km²14%
- Bassin de Gangasub-area364,1 km²overlap184.98 km²12%
- Bassin de Gangasub-area1 149,4 km²overlap56.18 km²4%
- Bassin de Gangasub-area467,6 km²overlap2.08 km²0%
Rivers / streams (9, ord ≥ 4)
- Varunaord 4len here115.54 km48%total243 km
- Gangaord 8len here51.80 km2%total2435 km
- Nand Nadiord 3len here42.38 km100%total42 km
- Gomatiord 8len here37.72 km19%total197 km
- samneghat drainord 1len here3.87 km100%total4 km
- sujabadord 8len here1.73 km26%total7 km
- assi ghat drainord 8len here1.71 km100%total2 km
- Assi Riverord 1len here1.25 km100%total1 km
- Kalkaliya Riverord 8len here≈ tangenttotal38 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
22hab/km²
Night light
5,0nW
Built-up
461,8%
Pesticides
1,9kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)