Kakamega
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve · 1933
197 km²
Constituency · KEN
Emgwen
Kenya
CfbTemperate, no dry season, warm summer(94 %)
Species observed
776
Observations
3 052
Area
372,8km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 8 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 Emgwen : 7 espèces reliées par 6 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 21.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
8
Interactions affichées
6
Connectance
0.214
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
776 distinct species · 3 052 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
17,6°C
Annual rain
1 903mm
Warmest m°
24,8°C
Coldest m°
11,6°C
Elevation: 1 922 m on average (min 1 591 m, max 2 174 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
17,6°C
Annual rain
1 903mm
Warmest month
24,8°C
Coldest month
11,6°C
Mean alt.
1 922m
Min
1 591m
Max
2 174m
Std. dev.
119m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
CfbTemperate, no dry season, warm summer(94 %)Temperate
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
5,5
Org. C
41,0g/kg
Clay
41,8%
Sand
30,0%
Silt
28,2%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
5,5
Org. C
56,4g/kg
Clay
40,7%
Sand
30,3%
Silt
28,9%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
5,5
Org. C
37,7g/kg
Clay
40,7%
Sand
30,8%
Silt
28,6%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
5,4
Org. C
29,0g/kg
Clay
44,1%
Sand
28,8%
Silt
27,1%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest38.3%
Crops25.2%
Built-up2.4%
Bare soil0.9%
Other (grassland, water…)33.2%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology7 basins · 0 lakes · 1 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
57,2km
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
1 655km²
Discharge in basins
15,6m³/s
Mean precip.
1 578mm/an
Mean T°
17,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,11
Mean runoff
400mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 941m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Yalasub-area313 km²overlap113.77 km²31%
- Bassin de Yalasub-area137,3 km²overlap98.40 km²26%
- Bassin de Yalasub-area472,4 km²overlap73.12 km²20%
- Bassin de Yalasub-area692,8 km²overlap53.28 km²14%
- Bassin de Yalasub-area39,1 km²overlap26.34 km²7%
- Basin #39870sub-area122 km²overlap6.43 km²2%
- Bassin de River Isiukhusub-area1 194,3 km²overlap1.49 km²0%
Rivers / streams (1, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
4hab/km²
Night light
0,3nW
Built-up
244,5%
Pesticides
1,5kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas4
IUCN Not Reported · 4
South Nandi
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve · 1936
195 km²
North Nandi
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve · 1936
113 km²
Ururu
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve · 1936
4 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN