HydroLAKES lake · #15955
Kiambere Reservoir
Surface area
11,35km²
Avg depth
51,5m
Volume
585km³
Shoreline
37,6km
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Mwingi NorthKitui · Kenya5.91 km²52.3% of lake
- Mbeere SouthEmbu · Kenya3.81 km²33.7% of lake
- Mbeere NorthEmbu · Kenya1.58 km²14.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
255 distinct species · 939 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 Kiambere Reservoir : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 16 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 6.9%, 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).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
11,35km²
Avg depth
51,5m
Volume
585,000km³
Watershed
11 950km²
Shoreline
37,6km
Shore dev. idx
3,15
Residence time
63days
Elevation
683m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.