HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081180030
Bassin de Mara
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Kilgoris, Narok West, Serengeti
Sub-basin area
54,2km²
Upstream area
8 411,2km²
Discharge
27,29m³/s
Mean elev.
1 511m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sand River1835 km²
- Bassin de Mara420 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 48.5 km²89.7% of basin
- 4.8 km²8.9% of basin
- 0.7 km²1.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Serengeti National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
52.51 km² overlap
Serengeti National Park
IUCN IINational Park
50.68 km² overlap
Masai Mara
IUCN IINational Reserve
1.90 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
237 distinct species · 1 011 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Bassin de Mara : 26 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.2%, 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).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,2°C
Annual rain
1 015mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
110mm/an
PET
1 715mm
AET
858mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
226cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)