HydroLAKES lake · #15950
Lake Nakuru
Surface area
41,03km²
Avg depth
7,8m
Volume
318,14km³
Shoreline
27,5km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Nakuru Town EastNakuru · Kenya21.27 km²52.1% of lake
- Nakuru Town WestNakuru · Kenya19.58 km²47.9% of lake
3 intersecting protected areas
Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
40.85 km² overlap
Lake Nakuru
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
40.85 km² overlap
Lake Nakuru
IUCN IINational Park
40.85 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
680 distinct species · 119 932 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 22 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 Lake Nakuru : 17 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
41,03km²
Avg depth
7,8m
Volume
318,140km³
Watershed
1 666km²
Shoreline
27,5km
Shore dev. idx
1,21
Residence time
310days
Elevation
1 755m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.