HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081180640
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, Serengeti, Tarime
Sub-basin area
385,6km²
Upstream area
10 130,6km²
Discharge
21,65m³/s
Mean elev.
1 443m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mara516 km²
- Bassin de Mara389 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 259.5 km²67.6% of basin
- 119.7 km²31.2% of basin
- 4.6 km²1.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Serengeti National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
254.50 km² overlap
Serengeti National Park
IUCN IINational Park
252.15 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
213 distinct species · 1 041 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 21 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 : 19 espèces reliées par 17 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 8.1%, 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).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,7°C
Annual rain
1 143mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
162mm/an
PET
1 714mm
AET
967mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
230cm
Forest
75%
Crops
18%
Urban
6%
Protected
67%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)