National Reserve · ken
Buffalo Springs
- Area
- 130 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1985
Overview
- Designation
- National Reserve
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1985
- Managing authority
- Kenya Wildlife Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
803 distinct species · 91 312 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 13 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 Buffalo Springs : 11 espèces reliées par 11 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 14.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology5 basins · 0 lakes · 4 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
34,8km
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
14 873km²
Discharge in basins
19,5m³/s
Mean precip.
736mm/an
Mean T°
22,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,63
Mean runoff
140mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 110m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (4, ord ≥ 4)
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
- 0.56999, 37.62348
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.