HydroLAKES lake · #180736
Gitaru Reservoir
Surface area
2,55km²
Avg depth
7,9m
Volume
20km³
Shoreline
15,1km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MasingaMachakos · Kenya1.56 km²61.5% of lake
- Mbeere SouthEmbu · Kenya0.98 km²38.5% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
35 distinct species · 50 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 5 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 Gitaru Reservoir : 3 espèces reliées par 4 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 40.0%, 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
2,55km²
Avg depth
7,9m
Volume
20,000km³
Watershed
9 602km²
Shoreline
15,1km
Shore dev. idx
2,67
Residence time
2days
Elevation
923m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.