HydroLAKES lake · #180738
Kamburu Reservoir
Surface area
8,71km²
Avg depth
17,2m
Volume
150km³
Shoreline
34,6km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MasingaMachakos · Kenya4.73 km²54.5% of lake
- Mbeere SouthEmbu · Kenya3.94 km²45.5% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Mwea
IUCN VINational Reserve
1.92 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
218 distinct species · 502 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Kamburu Reservoir : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 28 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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
8,71km²
Avg depth
17,2m
Volume
150,000km³
Watershed
9 510km²
Shoreline
34,6km
Shore dev. idx
3,31
Residence time
18days
Elevation
1 002m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.