Wildlife Reserve · uga
Karuma
- Area
- 675 km²
- IUCN cat.
- III
- Year
- 1964
Overview
- Designation
- Wildlife Reserve
- IUCN category
- III · Monument naturel
Caractéristique naturelle spécifique protégée
- Established
- 1964
- Managing authority
- Uganda Wildlife Authority
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 10 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 Karuma : 10 espèces reliées par 6 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 13.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology6 basins · 0 lakes · 2 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
23,8km
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
348 660km²
Discharge in basins
1 035,2m³/s
Mean precip.
1 233mm/an
Mean T°
23,6°C
Moisture idx
-0,31
Mean runoff
140mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
993m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Sambiya Riversub-area1 942,9 km²overlap228.37 km²34%
- Bassin de Victoria Nilesub-area617,2 km²overlap177.92 km²26%
- Bassin de Victoria Nilesub-area734,8 km²overlap148.00 km²22%
- Bassin de Victoria Nilesub-area273,6 km²overlap94.61 km²14%
- Bassin de Victoria Nilesub-area123,3 km²overlap26.20 km²4%
- Bassin de Victoria Nilesub-area406,7 km²overlap0.07 km²0%
Rivers / streams (2, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 2.05164, 32.06308
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.