National Park · uga
Kidepo Valley
- Area
- 1 431 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1962
Overview
- Designation
- National Park
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1962
- Managing authority
- Uganda Wildlife Authority
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
829 distinct species · 43 755 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 12 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 Kidepo Valley : 11 espèces reliées par 9 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 13.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology11 basins · 0 lakes · 10 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
246,9km
Basins crossed
11
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
3 305km²
Discharge in basins
0,4m³/s
Mean precip.
694mm/an
Mean T°
22,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,58
Mean runoff
8mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 277m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Narus Riversub-area755,4 km²overlap511.87 km²36%
- Bassin de Lohidoo Riversub-area810,2 km²overlap296.53 km²21%
- Bassin de Lolibochsub-area272,4 km²overlap242.53 km²17%
- Bassin de Kidepo Riversub-area221,4 km²overlap181.72 km²13%
- Bassin de Himansub-area260,3 km²overlap174.34 km²12%
- Bassin de Himansub-area9,2 km²overlap9.20 km²1%
- Bassin de Lohidoo Riversub-area532 km²overlap8.46 km²1%
- Basin #41490sub-area2 614,4 km²overlap5.70 km²0%
- Bassin de Nakiakas Riversub-area1 686,8 km²overlap0.45 km²0%
2 more basinssorted by overlap
Rivers / streams (10, ord ≥ 4)
- Narus Riverord 3len here55.72 km80%total69 km
- Lohidoo Riverord 5len here46.51 km16%total296 km
- Himanord 3len here44.15 km90%total49 km
- Lolibochord 3len here42.82 km100%total43 km
- Kidepo Riverord 3len here35.14 km100%total35 km
- Nangirongoi Riverord 2len here9.56 km50%total19 km
- Kanangorokord 4len here6.83 km20%total35 km
- Kidepo riverord 2len here5.25 km100%total5 km
- KANANGOROKord 1len here0.69 km11%total7 km
- Namamkweng Riverord 1len here0.18 km2%total11 km
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
- 3.84401, 33.82627
- Open in maps
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.