Ontologia

Ruisseau· 14 segments

Chania River

Crosses 8 administrative regions : Gatanga, Gatundu North, Juja, Kieni, Kinangop +3

ruisseau

Total length

74km

Max discharge

10,5m³/s

Max Strahler

3

Segments matched

14

River geography8 admin regions · 0 communes

Parent watershed

hybas-10811644001909 km²

8 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)

  • Gatundu North
    Kiambu · Kenya
    71.5 km
    in this dpt
  • Lari
    Kiambu · Kenya
    22.5 km
    in this dpt
  • Tetu
    Nyeri · Kenya
    16.1 km
    in this dpt
  • Thika Town
    Kiambu · Kenya
    15.9 km
    in this dpt
  • Kinangop
    Nyandarua · Kenya
    2.8 km
    in this dpt
  • Kieni
    Nyeri · Kenya
    0.8 km
    in this dpt
  • Gatanga
    Murang'a · Kenya
    0.2 km
    in this dpt
  • Juja
    Kiambu · Kenya
    0.0 km
    in this dpt

3 intersecting protected areas

1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 14 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.

Species present

179 distinct species · 245 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 41 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Chania River : 31 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 47 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 5.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
41
Interactions affichées
47
Connectance
0.057
Patrimoniales
2
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)

Total length

74km

Max discharge

10,5m³/s

Max Strahler

3

Segments matched

14

HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.