Mount Elgon
IUCN IINational Park · 1951
1 110 km²
Subdivision · UGA
Uganda
Species observed
210
Observations
367
Area
4,1km²
Sample of 19 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).
Tissu écologique de Bumasifwa : 18 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 14 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 8.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
210 distinct species · 367 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
17,8°C
Annual rain
3 937mm
Warmest m°
23,1°C
Coldest m°
13,1°C
Elevation: 1 827 m on average (min 1 443 m, max 2 321 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
5,8
Org. C
44,5g/kg
Clay
40,2%
Sand
33,5%
Silt
26,3%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiMaggregated to Budadiri
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Basins crossed
1
Max drainage
1 727km²
Discharge in basins
0,0m³/s
Mean precip.
1 340mm/an
Mean T°
21,0°C
Moisture idx
-0,20
Max snow
1%
Mean runoff
121mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 479m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
7hab/km²
Built-up
300,2%
Pesticides
0,0kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
National Park · 1951
1 110 km²
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · 2005
1 110 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN