Commune · IND
Vriddhachalam
India
Species observed
242
Observations
8 236
Area
1 480,8km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Vriddhachalam : 30 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 51 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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
242 distinct species · 8 236 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
28,5°C
Annual rain
1 130mm
Warmest m°
38,2°C
Coldest m°
19,5°C
Elevation: 64 m on average (min -38 m, max 130 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
7,1
Org. C
20,0g/kg
Clay
34,6%
Sand
35,8%
Silt
29,6%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: smGLiMaggregated to Cuddalore
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)
Hydrology12 basins · 4 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
228,6km
Lake surface here
10,36km²
Basins crossed
12
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
78 370km²
Discharge in basins
37,2m³/s
Mean precip.
1 023mm/an
Mean T°
28,2°C
Moisture idx
-0,41
Mean runoff
247mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
164m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Manimutha Riversub-area2 952,6 km²overlap1007.80 km²68%
- Bassin de Paravanaarusub-area851 km²overlap170.29 km²11%
- Bassin de Vellar Riversub-area257,6 km²overlap115.27 km²8%
- Bassin de Vellar Riversub-area116,4 km²overlap88.37 km²6%
- Bassin de Vellarsub-area1 831,4 km²overlap53.17 km²4%
- Bassin de Vellar Riversub-area46,5 km²overlap20.44 km²1%
- Bassin de Gadilam Riversub-area1 392,9 km²overlap13.20 km²1%
- Bassin de Vellarsub-area271,1 km²overlap5.94 km²0%
- Basin #46200sub-area610,7 km²overlap3.19 km²0%
Lakes (4, top by area)
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- Vellar Riverord 4len here93.49 km82%total115 km
- Manimutha Riverord 4len here59.09 km47%total126 km
- Periya Riverord 2len here40.78 km100%total41 km
- Tirumanimukta Riverord 3len here17.26 km21%total81 km
- Paravanaaruord 4len here13.05 km19%total69 km
- Vellarord 5len here4.11 km2%total207 km
- Gomukhi Riverord 4len here0.80 km3%total31 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
4hab/km²
Night light
1,4nW
Built-up
123,8%
Pesticides
4,5kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)