National Park · lka
Wilpattu
- Area
- 1 313 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1938
Overview
- Designation
- National Park
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1938
- Managing authority
- Department of Wildlife Conservation
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
607 distinct species · 37 066 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Wilpattu : 25 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 28 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology6 basins · 6 lakes · 9 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
104,0km
Lake surface here
1,34km²
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
3 345km²
Discharge in basins
22,0m³/s
Mean precip.
1 212mm/an
Mean T°
27,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,22
Mean runoff
399mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
76m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Kala Oyasub-area2 873,4 km²overlap434.24 km²33%
- Bassin de Modaragam Arusub-area998,8 km²overlap377.48 km²29%
- Basin #49230sub-area316 km²overlap303.14 km²23%
- Basin #49270sub-area436 km²overlap134.03 km²10%
- Bassin de Malwathu Oyasub-area127,1 km²overlap52.19 km²4%
- Bassin de Malwathu Oyasub-area490,3 km²overlap11.50 km²1%
Lakes (6, top by area)
Rivers / streams (9, ord ≥ 4)
- Modaragam Aruord 4len here44.15 km65%total68 km
- Pan Elaord 3len here27.62 km100%total28 km
- Kala Oyaord 4len here22.24 km19%total116 km
- Malwathu Oyaord 4len here4.10 km2%total210 km
- Neela Bemma Anicut Main Canalord 4len here3.35 km30%total11 km
- Eluwankulama Main Canal 7ord 1len here1.45 km34%total4 km
- Lunu Elaord 4len here0.62 km3%total19 km
- Neela Bemma Anicut Field Canal 3ord 4len here0.38 km15%total2 km
- Gambirisgas Wewa Spill Tail Canalord 1len here0.10 km1%total8 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 8.44891, 80.01251
- Open in maps
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.