Forest Reserve · ken
Kikuyu Escarpment
- Area
- 374 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1943
Overview
- Designation
- Forest Reserve
- Established
- 1943
- Managing authority
- Kenya Forest Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 618 distinct species · 49 362 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 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 Kikuyu Escarpment : 17 espèces reliées par 15 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.8%, 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).
Hydrology4 basins · 0 lakes · 5 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
58,8km
Basins crossed
4
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
3 657km²
Discharge in basins
2,3m³/s
Mean precip.
1 074mm/an
Mean T°
18,0°C
Moisture idx
-0,32
Mean runoff
182mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 761m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (5, 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
- -0.93212, 36.67581
- 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.